Dubya the Congressman

MrHola

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George W. Bush ran for Congress in 1978 in a conservative Republican district. The district had not voted for a Democrat since 1964 at that time and it was assumed that Bush would cruise to victory. Instead, he was defeated by Kent Hance. Basically, Bush ran as a fairly moderate candidate (more in the mold of his dad). Lets say that that worked and he ended up winning that seat?

So Bush would have been elected to Congress in 1978 while his dad was likely still picked as Vice President in 1980. Winning as a moderate, its likely Bush Jr. would have immediately tacked right but probably with the same lack of ethusasiam as his dad. Bush Jr. is actually a hard core believer in Christian conservativism. A victorious Bush in 1978 would not have been. What else would happen? Would Dubya run in 1996?
 
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