Jeb Bush to ‘Actively Explore’ Run for President

Jeb Bush will “actively explore the possibility of running for president” in 2016, according to an announcement the former Florida governor posted to his Facebook page Tuesday morning.

Mr. Bush, whose father and brother served as president, is the first Republican to formally explore a 2016 candidacy. More than a dozen others are publicly weighing whether to seek the White House.

Mr. Bush wrote that he discussed running with his family over the Thanksgiving holiday and will launch a political-action committee in January to