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  Perry, Rick
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<-  2017-01-01  
 
NameRick Perry
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Roundtop, Texas , United States
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Websitehttp://www.rickperry.org
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Born March 04, 1950 (74 years)
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InfoJames Richard "Rick" Perry

Sworn in as the state's 47th governor on December 21, 2000, Rick Perry was elected to a four-year term November 5, 2002 and re-elected November 7, 2006.

A fifth-generation Texan, Governor Rick Perry has taken an extraordinary Texas journey, from a tenant farm in the rolling West Texas plains to the governor's office of our nation's second largest state.

Texas' 47th governor, and the first Texas A&M graduate to occupy the Governor's Mansion, Rick Perry has led a life of public service, starting in the United States Air Force and continuing over two decades in elected office.

Governor Perry's administration has focused on creating a Texas of unlimited opportunity and prosperity by improving education, securing the border and increasing economic development through classical conservative values. Under Governor Perry's leadership, lawmakers recently passed a $153 bilion budget, financing:

*a $3 billion cancer research fund
*a health opportunity pool that will help more Texans buy private health insurance
*more college financial aid
*a new incentive program for colleges and junior colleges
*$100 million to border security

Additionally, Governor Perry signed a school finance reform package that provides a 33 percent school property tax reduction, $2,000 pay raise for teachers, record funding for classrooms and a reformed business tax.

Governor Perry also signed the nation's most sweeping lawsuit reforms, which stand as a national model for addressing skyrocketing malpractice insurance rates. Many hospitals and doctors subsequently experienced insurance savings, obstetricians and specialists are returning to practice in previously high-risk areas and physicians from across the country are moving to Texas to practice medicine.

Starting with his election as lieutenant governor in 1999, Rick Perry has worked to build a stronger safety net for the poorest of the poor. The number of children with health insurance under Medicaid and CHIP has more than doubled since 1999. He is also working to expand opportunities for the private sector to offer health insurance, and signed legislation allowing small businesses to pool together to offer affordable health insurance policies.

Additionally, the governor has proposed the most visionary transportation plan in the nation-the Trans Texas Corridor-which provides thousands of miles of new roads and rail lines, and room for petroleum, electric and water lines and broadband technology. This proposal, along with new renewable energy requirements and emissions reduction legislation will help clean the air in urban areas.

Rick Perry's political career started in 1985 as a representative for a rural West Texas district in the state House of Representatives. He was first elected to statewide office in 1990, and served as Texas Commissioner of Agriculture for two terms. Governor Perry hails from Paint Creek, a small farming community north of Abilene. His father, Ray Perry, served as a Haskell County Commissioner, a school board member and a World War II tail gunner. Between 1972 and 1977, Governor Perry served in the United States Air Force flying C-130 tactical airlift aircraft in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East.

He is a 1972 graduate of Texas A&M University where he was a member of the Corps of Cadets, a junior and senior yell leader and an animal science major. The younger of Ray and Amelia Perry's two children, Governor Perry is an Eagle Scout and lifetime member of American Legion Post #75.

He first met Anita Thigpen at a piano recital during their elementary school years. They married in 1982 and are the proud parents of two grown children-Griffin and Sydney.



JOB APPROVAL POLLS
DateFirmApproveDisapproveDon't Know
10/01/2014-10/02/2014 Rasmussen Reports 59.00% ( 7.0) 38.00% ( 10.0) 3.00% ( 2.0)
09/11/2014-09/25/2014 Texas Lyceum 55.00% ( 1.0) 37.00% ( 7.0) 8.00% ( 5.0)
06/28/2013-07/01/2013 Public Policy Polling 45.00% ( 3.0) 50.00% ( 1.0) 5.00% ( 2.0)
01/21/2012-01/24/2012 Blum & Weprin Associates 40.00% ( 4.0) 40.00% ( 2.0) 20.00% ( 3.0)
01/12/2012-01/15/2012 Public Policy Polling 42.00% ( 3.0) 51.00% ( 3.0) 7.00% ( 1.0)
09/15/2011-09/18/2011 Public Policy Polling 45.00% ( 3.0) 48.00% ( 2.0) 6.00% ( 3.0)
05/24/2011-05/31/2011 Texas Lyceum 54.00% ( 0.0) 44.00% ( 0.0) 3.00% ( 0.0)
01/14/2011-01/16/2011 Public Policy Polling 42.00% ( 3.0) 50.00% ( 5.0) 9.00% ( 1.0)
10/26/2010-10/28/2010 Public Policy Polling 45.00% ( 0.0) 45.00% ( 0.0) 10.00% ( 0.0)
09/22/2010-09/22/2010 Rasmussen Reports 52.00% ( 3.0) 48.00% ( 3.0) 1.00% ( 1.0)
FAVORABILITY POLLS
DateFirmFavorableUnfavorableDon't Know
09/11/2012-09/13/2012 FrederickPolls 49.00% ( 0.0) 47.00% ( 0.0) 4.00% ( 0.0)

BOOKS
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On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting for  Purchase Monsieur 
Head Figure Head: The Search for the Hidden Life of Rick Perry   Purchase Homegrown Democrat 
Fed Up!: Our Fight to Save America from Washington  Purchase Monsieur 

EVENTS
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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 07, 2019 10:00am News Energy Secretary Rick Perry Says He’s Not Resigning  Article Bojicat 
Oct 05, 2019 04:00pm Strategy Trump pins Ukraine call on Energy Secretary Rick Perry  Article RP 
Nov 02, 2017 12:55pm Speech Rick Perry Suggests Fossil Fuels Could Prevent Sexual Assault In South Africa  Article RP 
Apr 04, 2013 05:00am Statement Rick Perry on why North Korea targets Texas  Article Jason 
Apr 01, 2013 01:00pm News Rick Perry: W.H. holding states 'hostage' with Medicaid expansion  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Oct 23, 2012 04:00pm News 4th bankruptcy in Rick Perry's tech fund adds to total losses   Article DFWDem 

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FAMILY
Wife Anita Thigpen Perry 00, 1982-

INFORMATION LINKS
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RACES
  03/02/2017 US Secretary of Energy Won 62.63% (+25.25%)
  06/26/2012 US President - R Primaries Lost 0.29% (-51.75%)
  06/05/2012 US President - D Primaries Lost 0.00% (-90.86%)
  08/13/2011 Iowa GOP Presidential Straw Poll Lost 4.26% (-24.38%)
  11/02/2010 TX Governor Won 54.97% (+12.67%)
  03/02/2010 TX Governor - R Primary Won 51.15% (+20.83%)
  11/07/2006 TX Governor Won 39.03% (+9.24%)
  03/07/2006 TX Governor - R Primary Won 84.24% (+76.60%)
  11/05/2002 TX Governor Won 57.81% (+17.85%)
  03/12/2002 TX Governor - R Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  12/21/2000 TX Governor - Succession Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1998 TX Lt. Governor Won 50.05% (+1.85%)
  03/10/1998 TX Lt. Governor - R Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/1994 TX Agriculture Commissioner Won 61.93% (+25.94%)
  11/06/1990 TX Agriculture Commissioner Won 49.10% (+1.17%)
  04/10/1990 TX Agriculture Commissioner - R Runoff Won 68.76% (+37.51%)
  03/13/1990 TX Agriculture Commissioner - R Primary Won 47.19% (+16.99%)
  09/29/1989 TX State House 064 - Party Switch Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/1988 TX State House 064 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/1986 TX State House 064 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/1984 TX State House 064 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
ENTERED, DROPPED OUT
  06/07/2016 US President - R Primaries Lost 0.00% (-44.96%)
SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN
  08/11/2024 US President - R Primaries ???
  12/14/2018 White House Chief of Staff - Acting Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  07/23/2018 US Secretary of Veterans Affairs Lost 0.00% (-90.53%)
  03/06/2018 TX US Senate - R Primary Lost 0.00% (-85.36%)
  12/05/2017 US Secretary of Homeland Security Lost 0.00% (-62.63%)
  04/24/2017 US Secretary of Agriculture Lost 0.00% (-87.88%)
  02/27/2017 US Secretary of Commerce Lost 0.00% (-72.73%)
  02/13/2017 US Secretary of Veterans Affairs Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  01/20/2017 US Secretary of Homeland Security Lost 0.00% (-88.89%)
  01/20/2017 US Secretary of Defense Lost 0.00% (-98.99%)
  03/04/2014 TX Governor - R Primary Lost 0.00% (-91.49%)
ENDORSEMENTS
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TX District 26 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R John Huffman
TX District 12 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Craig Goldman
TX State House 053 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Hatch Smith
TX State House 005 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Cole Hefner
TX State Senate 30 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Brent Hagenbuch
TX State House 011 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Joanne Shofner
TX State House 021 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Dade Phelan
TX State House 056 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Pat Curry
CO District 07 - R Primary - Jun 28, 2022 R Erik Aadland
VA District 07 - R Primary - Jun 21, 2022 R Bryce Reeves
AK At-Large - Special Primary - Jun 11, 2022 R Sarah Palin
TX Land Commissioner - R Runoff - May 24, 2022 R Dawn Buckingham
PA US Senate - R Primary - May 17, 2022 R Mehmet C. Oz
TX District 21 - R Primary - Mar 01, 2022 R Chip Roy
TX Land Commissioner - R Primary - Mar 01, 2022 R Dawn Buckingham
TX District 06 - Special Runoff - Jul 27, 2021 R Jake Ellzey
TX District 06 - Special Election - May 01, 2021 R Jake Ellzey
TX District 13 - R Runoff - Jul 14, 2020 R Ronny Jackson
TX District 23 - R Runoff - Jul 14, 2020 R Tony Gonzales
TX District 06 - R Primary - Mar 06, 2018 R Jake Ellzey
TX District 27 - R Primary - Mar 06, 2018 R Bech Bruun
LA US Senate - Initial Election - Nov 08, 2016 NPA Rob Maness
TX US President - R Primary - Mar 01, 2016 R Ted Cruz
MN US Senate - R Primary - Aug 14, 2012 R Pete Hegseth
TX US President - R Primary - May 29, 2012 R Newt Gingrich
TX District 14 - R Primary - May 29, 2012 R Randy K. Weber
TX US Senate - R Primary - May 29, 2012 R David Dewhurst
US President - R Primaries - Jun 26, 2012 R Newt Gingrich
CO Governor - R Primary - Aug 10, 2010 R Scott McInnis
KS District 1 - R Primary - Aug 03, 2010 R Tim Huelskamp
TX US President - R Primary - Mar 04, 2008 R John McCain
TX US President - R Primary - Mar 04, 2008 R Rudy Giuliani
OH Governor - R Primary - May 02, 2006 R J. Kenneth "Ken" Blackwell
TX District 17 - R Primary - Mar 07, 2006 R Van Taylor
TX - District 10 - R Runoff - Apr 13, 2004 R Michael McCaul
TX - District 25 - R Primary - Mar 09, 2004 R Rebecca "Becky" Armendariz Klein
TX Railroad Commissioner - R Primary - Mar 09, 2004 R Victor G. Carrillo
TX State Senate 01 - Special Primary - Jan 20, 2004 R Kevin Eltife
Houston Mayor - Runoff - Dec 06, 2003 R Orlando Sanchez
TX US President - D Primary - Mar 08, 1988 D Al Gore
US President - D Primaries - Jul 01, 1988 D Al Gore
TX US President - Nov 02, 1976 D Jimmy Carter
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