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Person Biography:(required) <p> </p> <p>John Ellis "Jeb" Bush is a Republican who served as the 43rd governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He was also the Florida Republican Gubernatorial candidate in 1994; the chair of Florida Bush-Quayle in 1992; the chair of the Bob Martinez Re-election in 1990; the secretary of commerce, State of Florida, during 1987-88; and the chair of Republican Party of Dade County during 1984-86.</p> <p>58-year-old Jeb Bush was born on February 11, 1953, in the famous Bush family. He is the second son of former President George H.W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush and the younger brother of former President George W. Bush. Jeb Bush is married to Columba Garnica Gallo and the couple has three children.</p> <p><strong>Education:</strong></p> <p>Jeb Bush graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 1973. He took only two and a half years to complete his studies and procured generally excellent grades.</p> <p><strong>Political Career:</strong></p> <p>Jeb Bush started his politics from Florida as the Chairman of the Dade County Republican Party. He was later appointed Florida’s secretary of commerce for two years (1986-87). In 1994, he ran for the governor’s office, but was unsuccessful.</p> <p>Bush became governor of Florida in 1998. His administration was primarily focused on public education reforms. He introduced his "A+ Plan", which made standardized testing in Florida's public schools compulsory, eliminated social promotion and founded a system of funding public schools based on a statewide grading system using the FCAT test. For higher education, Bush authorized three new medical schools and also suggested to end affirmative action admissions programs at state universities through his "One Florida" proposal, which effectively served its purpose.</p> <p>After the end of his tenure as governor of Florida, Bush said that one of the most important goals of his final two years was to secure the FTAA Secretariat for Miami.</p> <p><strong>Political Strength:</strong></p> <p>Jeb Bush is well-liked by Cubans in Florida – he won 80 percent of the Cuban vote in 2002 - and by non-Cuban Hispanics – won 56 percent of the vote in 2002, equaling the 56 percent he won statewide.</p> <p>Bush is a longtime supporter of Israel. He is also popular among Florida's Jewish voters. A national Jewish publication endorsed him in his two winning governor races. He won 44 percent of the state's Jewish vote in the 2002 governor's race.</p> <p>Bush is also supported by many black voters for his focus on public education and parental choice in education.</p> <p>Bush made his critics reevaluate his political strength by winning the white female vote in the swing-voting battleground of Central Florida's I-4 corridor at the time of his re-election in 2002.</p> <p>Most recently, Bush has come closer to Florida's Haitian community.</p> <p><strong>Candidacy in Presidential Election 2012:</strong></p> <p>Bush has repeatedly declined to run in the 2012 presidential election. Following renewed calls for him to run for the presidency, when he was asked whether the door remained closed; his reply was "Yes."</p>

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