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The grandson of the late President George H.W. Bush, nonprofit executive Pierce Bush, will announce his candidacy for Congress on Monday morning, according to an email written by his father, Neil Bush.
Bush will enter an already crowded GOP primary for Texas' 22nd District, the suburban Houston-area seat retiring U.S. Rep. Pete Olson currently holds. The development is something of a surprise; Bush was considering running for the neighboring 7th Congressional District, a seat once held by his grandfather.
But after Olson announced his retirement in late July, Bush began being talked about as a potential candidate for that seat instead. He never publicly commented on the race.
In an email obtained by The Texas Tribune, Neil Bush touts his son's work in the nonprofit sector and asks friends to donate to the campaign, which will roll out on the final day of candidate filing. The deadline is 6
p.m.
Pierce Bush is the Houston-based CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star. His father is Neil Bush, and his cousin is Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush. Pierce Bush will enter the campaign with high name identification, given his grandfather, his cousin and his uncle, former Texas governor and President George W. Bush.
https://www.texastribune.org/2019/12/08/pierce-bush-houston-congressional-seat/
bullwinkle428
(20,628 posts)want from his House members.
UTUSN
(70,640 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,160 posts)rownesheck
(2,343 posts)I was a kid, but seem to remember Neil Bush getting into some trouble in the 80s. So much so the family hid him from public and elevated the "good" son W. Jeez louise.
malaise
(268,644 posts)Don the Con