George Prescott Bush (born April 24, 1976)[1] is an American politician and attorney who served as the commissioner of the Texas General Land Office from 2015 to 2023.

[5][6][3] From August 1998 until June 1999, Bush taught social studies at a public high school in Homestead, Florida.

[10][11] From 2004 to 2007 he practiced corporate and securities law with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP in Dallas.

[13] From 2007 to 2012, Bush was a partner at Pennybacker Capital, LLC, a real estate private equity firm in Austin, Texas.

[16][17] After Bush's defeat in the March 2022 attorney general primary to Ken Paxton, he went to work for a Wisconsin-based law firm called Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, officing out of Austin.

[21][22] In March 2007, the United States Navy Reserve selected Bush for training as an intelligence officer through the direct commission officer program, a Navy initiative whereby applicants in specialized civilian fields forgo the typical prerequisites of a commission, such as the Naval Academy, NROTC or OCS, and—instead—attend the Direct Commissioned Officer Indoctrination Course (DCOIC),[23] a three-week course on subjects such as naval history, customs and courtesies, followed by online classes.

[28] The same month, his father, Jeb Bush, emailed donors requesting that they support him in his 2014 bid for Texas Land Commissioner.

[36] In the November 4 general election, Bush faced Democrat John Cook, a former mayor of El Paso.

[38] Bush won 61 percent of the vote against token opposition, carrying "virtually every demographic" and riding a nationwide Republican wave in the midterms.

[42] He won the March 6, 2018, Republican primary with nearly 58 percent of the vote, defeating three other candidates including Jerry E. Patterson, the previous land commissioner.

[49] Bush dismissed some one hundred land commission employees hired under the preceding Commissioner Jerry E. Patterson.

According to the San Antonio Express-News, Bush paid almost $1 million in taxpayer funds to encourage the dismissed personnel not to file suit against either him or the agency.

[51] In 2016, the office began a multi-year study on the flood effects of the Houston area and Texas coast.

[58] In June 2021, Bush entered the race for Texas Attorney General with a campaign video that praises Donald Trump and does not mention his father, grandfather, or great-grandfather.

[74] In August 2004, during a trip to Mexico sponsored by the group Republicans Abroad, he called Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez a dictator[75] and criticized the U.S. Border Patrol's use of guns which fire plastic pellets packed with chili powder.

He attributed the gun usage to "some local INS guy who's trying to be tough, act macho", although it is an agency policy.

[76] In 2009, Bush criticized Florida Governor Charlie Crist for accepting money from the 2009 stimulus package, calling for a return to fiscal conservatism.

[79] In February 2021, Texas experienced a humanitarian crisis after widespread power outages were caused by the infrastructure not being weatherized.

[76][83] Bush married law school classmate, Amanda L. Williams, on August 7, 2004, in Kennebunkport, Maine, at St. Ann's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church[84][85] Williams is a media law attorney at the firm Jackson Walker LLP in Fort Worth, Texas.