Jeb Bush 2016 presidential campaign
The 2016 presidential campaign of Jeb Bush, the 43rd Governor of Florida, was formally launched on June 14, 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 sibling of a U.S. president (George W. Bush) to win the presidency himself.
| Jeb Bush 2016 Presidential campaign | |
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| Campaign | 2016 U.S. presidential election |
| Candidate | Jeb Bush |
| Affiliation | Republican Party |
| Announced | June 14, 2015 |
| Suspended | February 20, 2016 (251 days) |
| Headquarters | P.O. Box 440641 Miami, Florida |
| Key people | Danny L. 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 |
| Slogan | |
| Chant | Jeb! |
| Website | |
| www.Jeb2016.com | |
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Bush was not the first sibling of a former president to seek a party's nomination. President John F. Kennedy's brothers Robert (in 1968) and Ted (in 1980) 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.
Bush was considered by many political commentators a dominant frontrunner for the nomination early in the primary season, and his candidacy, in which he failed to finish higher than fourth in a single primary election, is widely considered to have been a major political failure.