Rick Perry
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Dems: Failure is not an option on health care...takeover of the health care system. Hutchison is challenging incumbent Republican Rick Perry for Texas' governorship and is a near certain vote against any Democratic health care plan. However, Senate leaders hope to persuade... In this article: Harry Reid, Tax, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Charles Schumer, Medicare, Barack Obama, and Recession |
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AP Online | 4 days ago
Texas governor may decide condemned killer's fate
Texas governor may decide condemned killer's fate HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry may have to decide whether a death row inmate lives or dies. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, in a rare ruling, has recommended that...
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The Star-Telegram | 1 hour ago
Schieffer expected to drop out of governor’s race
...he started his public education decades earlier. Throughout his campaign, he repeatedly portrayed himself as a lifelong Democrat and assailed Perry for taking Texas in the wrong direction. AP Photo / Donna McWilliam Tom Schieffer, shown...
In this article: Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas, Fort Worth, U.S. Senate, Houston, and Austin
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Kansas City Star | November 13, 2009
Hutchison won't resign seat before Texas primary
...before Texas primary AUSTIN, Texas Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is challenging Texas Gov. Rick Perry for his job, is planning to keep her U.S. Senate seat until after the state's March gubernatorial primary. </p><p>Hutchison, a...
In this article: Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas, Washington, Carbon, U.S. Senate, and Galveston
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Texas executes inmate after Perry refuses reprieve
Texas executes inmate after Perry refuses reprieve HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Robert Lee Thompson has been executed for his part in a fatal Houston store holdup after the Texas governor rejected a parole board's recommendation to spare him...
In this article: Texas, Parole, Huntsville, and Houston
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Perry says he's humbled after visiting wounded
Perry says he's humbled after visiting wounded TEMPLE, Texas Texas governor Rick Perry has visited with wounded victims from the Fort Hood shooting. </p><p>Perry said at a news conference on Saturday that the soldiers he visited with told...
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El Paso Times | November 09, 2009
Texas Gov. Perry: Cap-and-trade would harm state
...would harm state AUSTIN, Texas-Texas Gov. Rick Perry told renewable energy industry officials that a cap-and-trade climate bill in Congress would increase taxes and devastate the state's energy sector. Perry, contending that the...
In this article: Texas, Carbon, MediaNews Group, Austin, and El Paso Times
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Houston Chronicle | 5 days ago
Cheney: Perry a 'real talker,' Hutchison a real conservative
HOUSTON- Former Vice President Dick Cheney, picking sides in the volatile campaign for Texas governor, belittled Gov. Rick Perry as a "real talker" Tuesday and said U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison was the true conservative in the race. "We...
In this article: Kay Bailey Hutchison, Dick Cheney, Houston, Washington, Texas, Southern Methodist University, U.S., and Sarah Palin
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Denton Record Chronicle | November 05, 2009
Perry issues statement on Fort Hood while in Denton
...while in Denton 07:17 AM CST on Friday, November 6, 2009 Texas suffered a "significant loss" with Thursday's violence at Fort Hood, Gov. Rick Perry said during a stop in Denton. The governor offered few details on the shooting and said it...
In this article: Fort Hood, University of North Texas, and Texas
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MSNBC.com | November 12, 2009
GOP watch: Bush speaks in Dallas
...to organizers. " Speaking of Texas… "Texas GOP Gov. Rick Perry accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of 'punishing' Texas and being "hell-bent" on turning the United States into a socialist country," Politico says. "Speaking at a...
In this article: Republican Party, George W. Bush, Lindsey Graham, Dallas, Texas, South Carolina, Southern Methodist University, and Barack Obama
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Description from Wikipedia:
James Richard "Rick" Perry (born March 4, 1950) is a Republican politician and the current Governor of Texas.
Elected Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1998, he assumed office as governor in December 2000 when Governor George W. Bush resigned before his inauguration as President of the United States. Perry was elected to two full terms in 2002 and 2006.
Perry served as chairman of the Republican Governors Association in 2008, succeeding Sonny Perdue of Georgia. He now serves as Finance Chair.
Perry has broken all prior records in terms of Texas gubernatorial tenure, breaking Allan Shivers' consecutive service record of 7 1/2 years in June 2008 and Bill Clements' total service record of eight years (over two non-consecutive terms) in December 2008. As a result, according to the Dallas Morning News, Perry has had the distinction of being the only governor in modern Texas history to have appointed at least one person to every possible state office, board, or commission position to which a Governor of Texas can appoint someone (as well as to several elected offices to which the governor can appoint someone to fill an unexpired term, such as five of the nine current members of the Texas Supreme Court). Should Perry complete his current term in 2010, he will become the first Governor of Texas to complete two consecutive four-year terms.
Perry has announced his intention to run for an unprecedented third consecutive four-year term in 2010. He faces a challenge in the Republican primary election from U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Secession candidate Larry Kilgore, and Wharton County Republican Party Chairwoman Debra Medina.
- Birth Date:
- March 04, 1950
- Birthplace:
- Paint Creek, Texas
- Religion:
- Methodist
- Spouse:
- Anita Thigpen Perry
- Residence:
- Austin, Texas
- University Attended:
- Texas A&M University
- Occupation:
- Political aide, legislator
- Political party:
- Office:
- Governor of Texas
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