There has been a Bush involved in every general election since 1948. Except 2012. So far. TPM does the list:
2008: George W. Bush is the term-limited president.
2004: George W. Bush is the incumbent president, winning re-election.
2000: George W. Bush is elected to the presidency, though losing the national popular vote.
1996: George W. Bush is the governor of Texas.
1992: George H.W. Bush is the incumbent president, but loses re-election.
1988: George H.W. Bush is elected to the presidency.
1984: George H.W. Bush is re-elected Vice President of the United States, on the Republican ticket with Ronald Reagan.
1980: George H.W. Bush is elected Vice President of the United States, on the Republican ticket with Ronald Reagan.
1976: George H.W. Bush is the country’s Director of Central Intelligence, having been appointed to the office by President Gerald Ford.
1972: George H.W. Bush is the country’s Ambassador to the United Nations, having been appointed to the office by President Richard Nixon.
1968: George H.W. Bush is a Congressman from Texas.
1964: George H.W. Bush is the Republican nominee for Senate from Texas, losing to incumbent Democrat Ralph Yarborough.
1960: Prescott Bush — George H.W. Bush’s father — is a Senator from Connecticut.
1956: Prescott Bush is re-elected as a Senator from Connecticut.
1952: Prescott Bush is first elected as Senator from Connecticut, winning a special election held at the same time as the presidential race.
1948: Here we are — as near as we can tell — the last time that a member of the Bush family did not currently hold, or run for, a significant national or state office.
American oligarchy.