George P. Bush
Republican Candidate for Attorney General
Bush/Photo by Campaign
Question: What is your age?
Answer: 45
Q: What is your educational background? Please list any degrees or certificates earned and any institutions attended.
A: In 2006, I applied to the U.S. Naval Reserve through the Direct Commission Officer program. I obtained my commission in June of 2007. I then received two years of INDOC training at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth and qualified for the intelligence program.
Q: What is your occupation?
A: I currently am serving my second term as Texas Land Commissioner. Prior to running for office, I was a successful attorney and businessman. After earning my Juris Doctorate from The University of Texas School of Law, I served as a judicial clerk for U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Sidney A. Fitzwater, a Ronald Reagan appointee. I then practiced corporate and securities law with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, conducting legal due diligence and preparing transaction documents in connection with mergers, acquisitions, offerings, credit facilities, securities filings, and divestitures for private equity clients and publicly held corporations. I subsequently co-founded Pennybacker Capital LLC, a real estate private equity firm, in 2007.
Q: If you are a business owner, please list the business or businesses that you own. (If this question is not applicable, please note that below.)
A: N/A
Q: Please list any civic boards or commissions (non-profit, government, union, political, etc.) on which you have served as a board member or equivalent.
A: Previously, I co-chaired a $30 million capital campaign for Big Brothers Big Sisters in North Texas and served as the co-chairman of the Dallas/Fort Worth Celebration of Reading. I was also the Tarrant County chairman for Uplift Education — a highly successful Dallas-based public charter network focused on closing the achievement gap in inner city public schools. I also served on the Board of Trustees for the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin.
Q: Have you previously held or do you currently hold any elected office? If so, what office(s)?
A: I am currently serving my second term as Texas Land Commissioner
Q: If your campaign has any online campaign resources where voters can learn more about you, such as social media accounts or a website, please list them below.
A: Website: GeorgePBush.com
Twitter: @georgepbush
Instagram: @georgepbush
Facebook: www.facebook.com/georgepfortexas
Q: Why did you decide to run for this office in 2022?
A: Elections are about choices. At its core, conservatism is about respecting institutions, honoring the wisdom of tradition, and favoring evolutionary change over revolutionary overreach. But all of that depends on the character and competence of the people we elect to pursue these goals. Character still counts. More than ever.
I’m running because I believe that Texas’ top cop should be free from scandal and corruption in order to successfully stand up to the Federal government and defend Texas from Washington overreach.
My top priorities will be restoring integrity back to the Office of Attorney General, protecting our borders and elections, standing up to the federal government to protect Texans constitutional liberties and defending and standing with law enforcement.
I do so because I believe enough is enough. Attorney General Paxton has brought too much scandal and too little integrity to the office. It’s time for him to leave.
Q: If elected, what will be your top three priorities in office?
A: Secure the Border
As Attorney General, I will not allow the federal government to continue allowing unfettered access into our state. I will:
• Work with the Governor to deploy the National Guard to secure our border.
• Impose tougher criminal penalties on drug smugglers and human traffickers.
• Finish President Trump’s wall and build the Texas wall.
Defend our Law Enforcement:
•Our men and women in blue put their lives on the line each and every day to protect those of us going about our daily lives. I will not tolerate the radical liberal policies calling for defunding our police and spewing anti-police rhetoric.
•As Attorney General, I will make it a priority to recruit Texas’s most talented police officers to investigate Texas’s top crimes and enhance public safety. As the leading advocate for anti-human trafficking efforts across our state, our Attorney General must work hand in hand with victim advocates and human trafficking survivors to put an end to this despicable crime. Our children are not for sale.
•I will lead the Attorney General’s office in implementing technology to help stop this crime and increase access to victims’ services. Together, we will dedicate more resources than ever before to fighting crime in our state. In addition, I will be the lead in partnering with law enforcement agencies across Texas to put human traffickers behind bars.
Restore Government Accountability
•Taxpayers deserve accountability from the government. I have worked to eliminate wasteful spending at the General Land Office, focused on zero-based budgeting, and have stood out as fiscal conservative leader. Across the Attorney General’s Office, I will improve the decision-making process by reducing bureaucracy and ensuring that the contracting process is above board.
•Texans deserve the best representation possible, so we must recruit the top conservative attorneys to stand up for Texans rights. In addition, I will improve relationships with District Attorneys across the state, leading to an increase in criminal prosecutions. On day one, I will return transparency to the state’s top law enforcement office.
Q: What is an issue you believe has gone overlooked in your race and how will you address it if elected?
A: The primary responsibility of the Attorney General of Texas is to be the voice of the rule of law. And rule of law has been lost in our state. It’s time for us to put Texas first. We are seeing our borders overwhelmed with violent cartel activity, human smuggling, and trafficking as well as a massive surge of illegal drugs into our community. Joe Biden has abandoned the border.
Our Attorney General is the first line of defense against the federal government. As Attorney General, I will:
-Work with the Governor to deploy more National Guard troops to the Texas/Mexico border.
-Toughen criminal penalties on drug smugglers and human traffickers.
-Finish President Trump’s wall and continue building the Texas wall.
Texas cannot stand by and watch as violent cartels overrun our borders.
I’m proud to have taken historic measures to construct the Texas wall on state-owned lands. But this is only the first step - we need more law enforcement deployed to border regions, more resources for our border patrol agents, and advanced technology to ensure no illegal activity slips by unnoticed. It’s time to restore law and order to the great state of Texas.
Q: Why are you the best candidate for voters to support for this position?
A: I am the only candidate in this race who can step into the Attorney General's office on day one, ready to go. With an agency of over 4,000 employees, we need an executive who can step into the AG’s office and lead the agency in fighting back against Joe Biden. I am the only candidate who has served as an executive in the private and public sectors and the military. As Texas Land Commissioner, I currently oversee an agency of over 800 staff members and administer a budget of $2.5 billion. I have a proven track record of reforming state government to make it more responsive, reliable, and fiscally efficient.
The Attorney General’s office has been plagued by a severe lack of leadership. The office needs to be reformed to ensure leadership is concentrated on putting Texas first, standing up to the federal government, and restoring government accountability. The Attorney General must have the integrity to be honest, principled in the face of opposition, and ultimately possess the character to do the right thing, even behind closed doors.
I plan to institute reforms by recruiting the nation’s top attorneys to work at the Attorney General’s office, increase the election fraud unit, and working with the legislature to grant original jurisdiction to prosecute human traffickers. We need a renaissance of classical conservatism brought forth by the next generation of conservative leadership. I am a strong proponent of constitutional conservatism and believe that we must run government like a business for the people of Texas.
As Attorney General, I would lead the agency in proactively fending off attacks from the federal government as they come after the Texas way of life. Federal overreach is a continuously occurring problem. We must challenge the Biden Administration through every legal means possible with cases that bring substantial legal standing and hold up in the highest courts of law. Applying the constitution is our first line of defense against the overreaching federal government.