Although she had been a liberal Democrat and an environmentalist who actively fundraised for the NAACP and co-chaired the New England section of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund,Pact Board of Directors biographies, accessed July 15, 2008 she joined the Republican Party in 1988 when her brother ran for president.Kitty Kelley, The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, Random House, 2004. In September 2004, when her nephew was running for reelection, she visited London, Paris"Nancy Bush Ellis voter registration drive" in Republicans Abroad France Newsletter, Spring 2005, p. 6 and Frankfurt on behalf of Republicans Abroad in an effort to encourage Republicans living in Europe to register and vote.Andrea Gerlin, "Gone, but Not Forgotten", Time, October 17, 2004, accessed June 15, 2008
