George P. Bush

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George P. Bush (2011)

George Prescott Bush (born April 24, 1976 in Houston , Texas ) is an American businessman and politician ( Republican Party ). He has been the Texas Land Commissioner since January 2, 2015 .

Life

Bush is the eldest child of the politician Jeb Bush and his Mexican wife Columba Bush (née Garnica Gallo). He attended Rice University . He later studied at the Law School of the University of Texas , where he received a Juris Doctorate and then worked for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP . Bush is a co-founder of Pennybacker Capital LLC and St. Augustine Partners LLC .

Bush was elected Texas Land Commissioner on November 4, 2014 , asserting himself against the Democrat and former Mayor of El Paso , John Cook . He took office on January 2, 2015. The Texas Land Commissioner is the oldest electoral post in Texas and is responsible, among other things, for managing state-owned land and overseeing the state's oil and gas revenues. Bush ran for re-election in 2018 but was controversial because of his response to Hurricane Harvey and his membership of the Bush family. In the intra-party primary election , he prevailed with 58 percent of the votes in the first ballot and won the main election in November against the Democrat Miguel Suazo with 53% of the votes.

Bush is married to Amanda Williams and has two sons.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jeb Bush welcomes fourth grandchild , April 13, 2015, CNN
  2. ^ Florida Governor Jeb Bush. National Governors Association , accessed April 16, 2015 .
  3. ↑ George P. wins Texas election, accomplishes Bush family first. In: CBS News , Nov. 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ George Bush wins election in Texas. In: Handelsblatt.com , May 11, 2014.
  5. ↑ Tom Dart: George P Bush's struggle in Texas may signal end of 70-year political dynasty. In: The Guardian , March 3, 2018.
  6. ↑ Jasmine C. Lee, Sarah Almukhtar, Matthew Bloch: Texas Primary Election Results. In: The New York Times , March 6, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Bush, George P.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bush, George Prescott (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Entrepreneur and Politician (Republican Party)
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Houston , Texas