Jeb Bush hopes old-time rally gives 2016 bid new life

Part of that was inevitable. Bush's last year in the governor's mansion was 2006, meaning he's been out of elected office for nearly a decade. During that time, Florida surpassed New York as the third-most-populous state in the country while its population continued its constant churn — about 1 million people move to, and move out of, the state each year.