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Jeb Bush announces bid for presidency

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June 15, 2015

By Justin Haas

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Jeb Bush announced his bid for the presidency this afternoon at Miami Dade College. He largely focused on economic issues and said he would "take Washington – the static capital of this dynamic country – out of the business of causing problems."[1]

Bush, who served as governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007, is the son of former President George H.W. Bush and the brother of former President George W. Bush. He is the first brother of a president to run for the office since the Kennedy family, Robert in 1968 and Ted in 1980. Neither his brother nor his father was present at his campaign announcement.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The New York Times, "In Announcing Run, Jeb Bush Plays Down His Surname," June 15, 2015


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