Jeb Bush Begins His 2nd Term as Governor
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Gov. Jeb Bush, the younger brother of President Bush, took the oath of office for his second term, becoming the first two-term Republican governor in the state’s modern history.
Flanked by his father, the former president, Jeb Bush called on Floridians to look to themselves and not government to improve family life for the state’s 16 million people.
President Bush did not attend the swearing-in ceremony.
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