Jeb Bush Campaign Press Release - Which Governor Seeking the 2016 Nomination Has the Best Record on Job Growth? Jeb Bush

"Four percent growth, 19 million new jobs."

That's the goal Jeb stated at his campaign announcement in June. And it's a goal he's repeated at campaign stops in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada and across the nation.

Immediately, the pessimistic Left said four percent growth wasn't possible — that anemic two percent economic growth was the "new normal." Yet those who dismissed Jeb's positive vision are the same Hillary Clinton allies calling for more of the same failed policies that have led to falling incomes and the lowest labor force participation rate since the 1970's.

So why has Jeb insisted we set the bar at a level that would lift families out of poverty, create rising incomes and give middle class families their first pay raise in 15 years?

He did it as Governor of Florida — better, in fact, than any other state chief executive seeking the presidency.

This point was validated by Kevin Hassett, director of Economic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, this week. He just published a piece in National Review that analyzed jobs records of all eight governors running for President.

Take a look:

Important note: "An asterisk on the chart next to a candidate's name means that our result has passed a standard test of statistical significance: We are 95 percent sure that it was not a matter of chance."

More from the piece:

"Not every governor generates results in the direction that he would have hoped; others enjoy bright track records. Employment growth when Governor Jeb Bush was in office, for instance, tended to be about 4 percent higher per year than one would have predicted if the average Florida governor had been in office."

Read the full article here.