Biography: Born on July 6, 1946, George W. Bush is the son of former President George Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush, and brother to Florida Governor John (Jeb) Bush. He grew up in Midland and Houston, Texas, enjoying Little League baseball and the Cub Scouts. He received his bachelor's degree in history in 1968 from Yale University, and then his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. In 1969, Bush attended flight school and flew F-102s with the 147th Fighter Wing, 111th Fighter Squadron of the Texas Air National Guard. After his service, Bush moved into the oil and gas business in Midland and continued to work in the energy industry through the next decade. In the summer of 1977, George W. Bush met Laura Welch at a dinner party hosted by mutual friends. Within the year, Bush and Laura, a former teacher and librarian also from Midland, were married at a small service attended by close friends and family. Bush ran for U.S. Congress, unsuccessfully, in 1978. In 1981 his twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna, were born. When his father ran for office, George W. Bush moved to Washington, D.C. to help his successful 1988 presidential campaign. Determined to make his own political career path, George W. Bush is now the only Texas governor ever to be elected to consecutive four-year terms. Employment: Governor of Texas, elected to two terms, 1995-present Managing general partner of Texas Rangers baseball organization, 1989-1994 Senior presidential campaign adviser for his father, former president George Bush, 1987-1988 Chief Executive Officer of Spectrum 7, an energy corporation, 1984-1986 Founder and CEO of Bush Exploration, an oil and gas investment partnership, 1975-1984 Candidate for U.S. Congress, 1978 F-102 pilot for the Texas Air National Guard, 1969-73		Party: Republican Birth Date/Place: July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Conn. Education: B.A. History, Yale University, 1968 M.B.A., Harvard University, 1975 Family: Wife: Laura Welch Bush Two Children: Barbara and Jenna (they're twins!) (Click here to see an early family photo.) Pets: One dog: An English Springer Spaniel named Spot Three cats: Willie, Cowboy, and Ernie (Click here to read Ernie's Story.) Religion: Methodist Fast Facts: Did you know that George W. Bush... was part owner of the Texas Rangers baseball organization? enjoys fishing as a hobby? loves Mexican food and pralines and cream ice cream? was once an F-102 fighter pilot?   Click here to listen to George W. Bush's speeches. Or, watch some of his campaign ads.
	Want to know more? Learn why Governor Bush thinks that running for president is a lot like playing baseball. Watch a virtual slide show of Governor Bush's life. Send an email to Governor Bush or visit his campaign Web site. Read the transcript of Jim Lehrer's interview with Governor Bush. Meet some of Governor Bush's former opponents for the Republican nomination: John McCain: U.S. Senator from Arizona and former U.S. Representative and Vietnam prisoner of war; Alan Keyes: a talk-show host and former ambassador, State Department official, and university president; Elizabeth Dole: former president of the Red Cross, Secretary of Labor, and Secretary of Transportation; Steve Forbes: president and CEO of Forbes, Inc., and editor-in-chief of the financial publication Forbes Magazine; Lamar Alexander: a lawyer and former Secretary of Education and governor of Tennessee; and Gary Bauer: a former policy analyst for the 1980 Reagan-Bush campaign and Department of Education official.