Jim Bush

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Personal Information

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.