Did he wait until winning to resign as Governor? I can see him just carrying on down there if so.
That assumes that he'd run again- or that he'd not get questioned about the Eliza May case.Yes, he did. Had he lost, he would have kept going as Governor of Texas and almost certainly would have been reelected in 2002. Strange as it sounds in retrospect, Bush had a reasonable amount of support among vote-splitting Texas Democrats while he was governor. I am personally skeptical that he would have run again for President.
if bush stays on as governor when will rick Perry become governor
Bush wouldn't run in 2004, and the GOP Party wouldn't have picked him. The runner up in the 2000 primaries would have his turn and lose.