Original sentence: Before Jeb Bush's re-election, no Republican in Florida had ever been re-elected to serve a second term as the state's governor.Jeb Bush has been quoted in local media as saying he is eager to see a woman lead Florida as its governor.Jeb Bush made political history not only by becoming the first Republican governor to ever win re-election in Florida, but also by being the first Florida governor to select a woman, Toni Jennings to serve as second in command of the state, as Florida's lieutenant governor
Edited sentence: If Republican Jeb Bush had let political history be his guide, he might have decided not to seek a second term as governor of Florida.Interestingly, as no one yet knows who will be the 2006 Republican candidate for Florida governor,  Jeb Bush has been quoted in local media as saying he is eager to see a woman lead Florida as its governor.Jeb Bush made political history not only by becoming the first Republican governor to ever win re-election in Florida, but also by being the first Florida governor to select a woman, Toni Jennings, shown at right, to serve as second in command of the state, as Florida's lieutenant governor.No Republican in Florida had ever been re-elected to serve a second term as the state's governor