Dad: George P. Bush eyeing Texas land commissioner

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:23:00 +0000

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — George P. Bush's father has issued a fundraising letter asking donors to open their pocketbooks because his son "is considering" running for Texas land commissioner, though a political strategist for the younger Bush said Wednesday that no final decision has been made.

A rising star among Hispanic conservatives, George Prescott Bush is the grandson of one president and nephew of another. He made headlines last week by filing "appointment of a campaign treasurer" forms with the Texas Ethics Commission — the first step toward seeking statewide office.

The forms did not say which office Bush plans to seek. Political strategist Trey Newton would say only that Bush is mulling a run for land commissioner, attorney general or comptroller, most likely in 2014.

The letter from Bush's father, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, suggested he had settled on land commissioner, which is often a stepping stone to higher office in Texas.

"The office that George is considering running for is Land Commissioner which oversees the mineral rights, commercial real estate owned and sovereign submerged lands of the state of Texas, as well as veterans' affairs and historic archives," he wrote.

Sorry, Republicans, a Latino George Bush won’t cut it

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:30:00 +0000

George P. Bush -- the handsome one with the Mexican immigrant mother -- is going to run for something in Texas, the official "second home" of the Bush family. He filed papers to run for office last Thursday, though he did not say which office. The New York Times thinks state land commissioner or attorney general, either of which could be a stepping stone to the governor's mansion. Fox News Latino is straight trolling with its headline, "George P. Bush Begins Road to the White House."

This was long in the cards. Bush went to Yale and did his requisite military service; while he curiously didn't join the forces until he was already 30, Bush did actually serve for a while overseas, putting him in the top tier of Bushes. He married young and has worked in mostly respectable fields. He is largely "outside" the public eye but involved in Texas Republican politics. Mark McKinnon jokingly refers to George P. Bush as "47," as in the 47th president. (After Bush, Obama, Jeb Bush, and Chelsea Clinton. Then after George P. Bush is Malia.)

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Dad: George P. Bush eyeing Texas land commissioner

Sorry, Republicans, a Latino George Bush won’t cut it