Jeb Bush Focuses on Florida Record in Iowa Visit

One week after facing conservatives at CPAC, Bush is introducing himself to the party's base in Iowa.

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush speaks on stage with conservative political commentator Sean Hannity at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, outside Washington, on February 27, 2015.
Photographer: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images

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By Michael C. Bender

March 7, 2015 at 3:10 AM UTC

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Jeb Bush kicked off a highly anticipated campaign swing through Iowa on Friday by raising money for a local Republican, trumpeting his record as a former governor, and suggesting to radio listeners that he’ll compete for votes in the state despite his poor standing with the conservative base.

In his first trip to Iowa in three years, Bush said that he learned from campaigning with his family that his chances for success will increase with every visit. Bush’s brother, George W. Bush, won the first-in the-nation caucuses in 2000, and his father, George H.W. Bush, won in 1980 and lost in 1988.