Finally, a Bush probably won’t have to prompt people to clap.
With most of the political news out of Maine dominated by the Democrats’ Senate nominee Graham Platner, many Americans might have missed another major news story out of the Pine Tree State in the 2026 primary season, but it was a death knell to dynastic politics in the U.S.
Jonathan Bush — a member of a family responsible for two meh presidents and a slew of other disappointing candidates — couldn’t survive Maine’s ranked-choice voting system in the Republican primary for governor, as the New York Post reported Friday.
president No. 43, was vying to replace term-limited Democratic Gov. Janet Mills in Maine. (Mills herself withdrew from the Democratic primary for Senate after it was clear she was going to lose to Platner, the hobbyist oysterman and Nazi/latrine enthusiast.)
Bush didn’t exactly have the sense to withdraw, however. Despite having no real experience in the political world, he embarked on a campaign in one of the two states that his family dynasty calls home.