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December 17, 2014

Jeb Bush to "Actively Explore" 2016 Presidential Bid 
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Former Florida Republican Governor Jeb Bush has announced he will
"actively explore" a run for president in 2016. Jeb Bush is the brother
of former President George W. Bush and the son of former President
George H. W. Bush. In 2000, as governor of Florida, his administration
wrongfully purged at least 12,000 eligible voters from the rolls. His
brother was ultimately declared the winner of the state, and the
presidential race, by the U.S. Supreme Court, with a margin of about 500
votes. Jeb Bush has expressed skepticism about human-caused climate
change and once said during a failed bid for governor in 1994 that women
on welfare "should be able to get their life together and find a
husband." In a departure from right-wing Republicans, he has supported
comprehensive immigration reform.

 

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