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Mayor Jim Bush

Term expires May 2012

Jim Bush

Jim Bush was elected as Mayor on May 8, 2010 for a term ending in May 2012. Prior to that he served as a council member and was re-elected to the City Council on May 9, 2009. He was first elected to the City Council on May 7, 2005 and served as Mayor Pro Tem for the 2006-2007 council year.

Bush has resided in District V since the age of nine when his family built one of the first homes on Arroyo Road. He was born in Waco, graduated from Texas Tech University, and was on the professional bowling tour before returning to his hometown.

Bush started Bush Building Corporation in 1974, becoming the third generation since 1910 to carry on the family tradition of "building" Waco.

He has been married to his wife, Marty, for 45 years. They have two children, Brad Bush and Missi Krause, and are the proud grandparents of four boys and four girls - James, Jonathan, Nicholas, David, Grace, Juliana, Caroline and Jaclyn.

Bush has served and continues to serve the Waco Community through the following organizations:

      • Waco Business League member and past board member
      • Association for Good Government, past president
      • City of Waco Zoning Board of Adjustment, past board member
      • Better Business Bureau, past board member
      • Help is Possible, past board member
      • Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout
      • Waco Jaycees, past president
      • Waco Rotary Club member for 20 years
      • National Council Member of the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA
      • Member of the Central Christian Church and past board member
      • Ridgewood Country Club Board of Directors
      • Keep Waco Beautiful Board of Directors

Contact Mayor Bush
Email: wacomayor@waco-texas.com

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