Jeb Bush Jr. Approached to Run for Ros-Lehtinen’s Seat

By Eric Garcia

Posted May 8, 2017 at 2:03pm

Florida Republicans are reaching out to Jeb Bush Jr., son of former Gov. Jeb Bush, to run for the seat of retiring Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

The National Republican Congressional Committee approached Bush Jr., as well as Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, the Miami Herald reported.

Lopez-Cantera declined to comment and Bush did not immediately respond to requests from the newspaper.

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