2016 US Presidential Election - Republican Jeb Bush Opts Out of US Presidential Race Saturday February 20,2016

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said on Saturday February 20,2016 he was suspending his campaign after a disappointing finish in the South Carolina primary held on Saturday February 20,2016

Jeb Bush, who also fared poorly in earlier contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, said the race had been "hard fought" but that voters of those three states had spoken. In what appeared to be a jab at Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, whom Bush has accused of lacking ideas, the former Florida Governor said, "ideas matter, policy matters."

Jeb Bush, the son of former President George HW Bush and brother to former President George W Bush, entered the 2016 campaign as the favorite, but was unable to convert a sizable fundraising advantage into success at the polls