James Richard "Rick" Perry (born March 4, 1950) is a Republican politician and the governor of Texas.
He assumed office in December 2000 when then-Governor George W. Bush resigned to assume the office of President of the United States. Perry was elected in 2002 over Democrat Antonio R. "Tony" Sanchez, Jr., a Laredo businessman. In the 2002 general election, Perry polled 2,632,591 votes (57.80 percent) to Sanchez's 1,819,798 (39.96 percent). Four other candidates shared some 2.21 percent of the vote.[1]
Perry was renominated with ease in the March 7, 2006,
2006-07-22 07:31:22
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answered by young_friend 5
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Rick Perry http://www.governor.state.tx.us/
What else do you need on Texas? Just type it into a search engine instead of waiting for replies on here. It is much faster and you will be doing the work on your own.
2006-07-22 07:39:53
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