The Bush political dynasty has a new junior member, George P Bush, who has won an election in Texas for an obscure statewide office.
The 38-year-old Bush is the nephew of former president George W Bush, grandson of ex-president George H W Bush and son of former Florida governor and potential presidential hopeful Jeb Bush.
Bush cruised to victory for the post of land commissioner, which administers public lands and oversees lucrative mineral rights for oil and gas in Texas.
Local media projected Bush winning with nearly 60 per cent of the vote, way ahead of his opponents.
Bush, a lawyer who has managed an energy firm, is the first of the family's long line of politicians, dating back to Connecticut senator Prescott Bush, who managed to prevail in his first electoral race.
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Although the Bush name evokes mixed emotions nationally, it is still a valuable commodity in Texas politics, where George W Bush served as governor before becoming president in 2001.
