George W. Bush Loses Election for the House of Representatives

Upon graduation Bush returned to Midland to follow his father into the oil business and to establish Arbusto, an oil exploration company. Soon after, he also made his first foray into politics in a race for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978. Despite setting a new Texas fundraising record for a House candidate, Bush lost to opponent Senator Kent Hance by six percentage points.

During the 1980's, a complete transformation of his personal life occurred when Bush sold off his oil interests, quit drinking, (followed by regular attendance at his wife's Methodist church) and later assumed a campaign management role in his father's successful bid for the presidency in 1987.

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