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Wednesday, November 06, 2002
Jeb Bush (R, Incumbent)
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Winning re-election handily over upstart Democrat Bill McBride, Gov. Jeb Bush rejuvenated a political career badly damaged by the state's election debacle in 2000 that landed his older brother in the White House. President Bush visited the state 13 times during the campaign and his Republican rival, Arizona Sen. John McCain, also rallied support to maintain GOP control in what national party leaders considered a must-win state. The first Republican ever to win re-election to the state's top office, the 49-year old Bush fended off a challenge to his record on education when McBride failed to offer alternatives to a tax hike to pay for new education initiatives. He has promised to focus his second term on improving public education, particularly early reading skills.
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