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Perry assumed the office of governor on December 21, 2000, following the resignation of George W. Bush—who was preparing to become President of the United States. [13] He won the office in his own right in the 2002 gubernatorial election , where he received 58% of votes to Laredo oilman and businessman Tony Sanchez 's 40%. [ 41 ]
On August 15, 2014, Texas Governor Rick Perry was indicted by a Travis County grand jury, but has since been cleared on all charges. [1] [2] [3] The first charge of the indictment was abuse of official capacity, a first-degree felony, for threatening to veto $7.5 million in funding for the Public Integrity Unit, a state public corruption prosecutors department.
Governor Rick Perry demanded Lehmberg's resignation, and stated that if she did not step down, he would use his line-item veto power to cut all funding to the Public Accountability Office, which is under Lehmberg's authority. Lehmberg refused, and Governor Perry vetoed the office's funding.
Instead of talking about jobs, growth and better public schools, the sliver of the Republican Party that controls primaries is obsessed with vouchers, Paxton’s impeachment and “Democrat chairs ...
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) isn’t saying no to launching another presidential campaign. Perry, who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2012 and 2016, was asked by CNN’s Jim Acosta on ...
‘It’s early in the process, I think, for any of us to sit back and say, I’m for this person or that person,’ former Texas governor says
Rick Perry is the longest-serving governor, having assumed the governorship in 2000 upon the exit of George W. Bush, who resigned to take office as the 43rd president of the United States. Perry was elected in 2002 and he was re-elected in 2006 and 2010 serving for 14 years before choosing to retire in 2014.
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