Governor of Florida (1999–2007) — son of George H.W. Bush, brother of George W. Bush — who was considered the likely 2016 Republican presidential frontrunner and raised $100M before being demolished by Trump in the primary (dropping out after South Carolina).
Creates the Florida education reform model — Bush's Florida school accountability system (grading schools A–F, tying school funding to performance) was the most influential state education reform of the 2000s and became the template for No Child Left Behind.
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