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| Lot # 133 PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 09/01/1978 - Document 266386 |
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"WE'RE WORKING HARD AND FEEL WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE TO WIN IN
NOVEMBER."
GEORGE W. BUSH. TLS: "George", 1p, 8½x11. Washington,
D.C., 1978 September 1. To Hon. and Mrs. Jack McDonald, Great Falls,
Virginia. On "Bush/78", "George Bush for Congress" stationery. In
full: "Thank you very much for attending the reception given for Laura
and me at the Capitol Hill Club. We were delighted with the great turnout and
the enthusiasm of everyone present. It was a tremendous boost to our campaign.
We're working hard and feel we have a good chance to win in November. Having the
opportunity to serve in Congress would be a great challenge to me, and I would
welcome it. Again, we enjoyed seeing you at the reception. Very best wishes."
During the summer of 1977, 31-year-old George W. Bush met 30-year-old
Laura Welch in Midland, Texas at a dinner at the home of mutual friends. They
were married on November 5, 1977, just three months later. Bush won the 1978
Republican primary for Congress in the 19th Congressional District, a large West
Texas district that included his hometown of Midland, defeating two opponents.
In the November 7, 1978 general election, he was defeated by Democratic State
Senator Kent Hance, a former professor at Texas Tech University. Hance
served in Congress from 1979-1985, lost the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate
in 1984 and became a Republican in 1985. Republican Congressman JACK H.
McDONALD represented Michigan in the House of Representatives from
1967-1973, failing to be renominated in 1972. After the Organizational Meeting
of the Draft Bush 2000 Committee held in Washington on February 9, 1999, 72
current and former members of Congress, including McDonald, signed a letter to
then Texas Governor Bush urging him to run for President. On June 12, 1999, four
months later, Governor Bush announced his candidacy for the 2000 Republican
presidential nomination. Lightly creased. Folds.
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