Jeb Bush presidential campaign, 2016
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| Campaign | U.S. presidential election, 2016 |
| Candidate |
Jeb Bush Governor of Florida (1999–2007) |
| Affiliation | Republican Party |
| Status | Announced: June 15, 2015 Suspended: February 20, 2016 |
| Headquarters | P.O. Box 440641 Miami, Florida |
| Key people | Danny Diaz (campaign manager) David Kochel (chief strategist) Jon Downs (media strategist) Tim Miller (communications director) Janan Grissom (chief operating officer) |
| Receipts | US$35,415,732 US$103,000,000 (Right to Rise PAC) |
| Slogan |   |
| Chant | Jeb! |
| Website | |
| www.Jeb2016.com | |
The 2016 presidential campaign of Jeb Bush, the 43rd Governor of Florida, was formally launched on June 15, 2015, coming six months after announcing the formal exploration of a candidacy for the 2016 Republican nomination for the President of the United States on December 16, 2014, and the formation of the Right to Rise PAC. On February 20, 2016, Bush announced his intention to drop out of the presidential race following the South Carolina primary. Had Bush been elected, he would have been the first president from Florida and the first brother of a U.S. president (George W. Bush) to win the presidency himself.
Bush was not the first brother of a former president to seek a party's nomination. President John F. Kennedy's brothers Robert and Ted both sought the Democratic nomination. Additionally, a pair of brothers had once-before both received nominations on a major party ticket. William Jennings Bryan was the Democratic nominee for president in 1896, 1900 and 1908. His brother, Charles W. Bryan, was the Democratic nominee for vice-president in 1924.
In 1994, Bush was the Republican nominee for Governor of Florida, losing narrowly to the incumbent Lawton Chiles. Four years later, in 1998, Bush ran again, defeating Lieutenant Governor Buddy MacKay (incumbent Governor Lawton Chiles would die in early December 1998, so although defeating McKay, Bush would succeed McKay who ascended upon Chiles' death). He was reelected in 2002 by a sizeable margin.
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