James Richard Perry Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
James Richard "Rick" Perry (born March 4, 1950) is an American politician who is the 47th and current governor of Texas. A Republican, he was elected lieutenant governor of Texas in 1998 and assumed the governorship in December 2000 when then-governor George W. Bush resigned to become president of the United States. Perry is the longest serving governor in Texas state history. As a result, he is the only governor in modern Texas history to have appointed at least one person to every eligible state office, board, or commission position (as well as to several elected offices to which the governor can appoint someone to fill an unexpired term, such as six of the nine current members of the Texas Supreme Court).Perry was elected to full gubernatorial terms in 2002, 2006 and 2010 and is the fourth Texas governor (after Allan Shivers, Price Daniel, and John Connally) to serve three terms. With a tenure in office to date of 700113000000000000013 years, 7002301000000000000301 days, Perry is the second longest serving current U.S. governor – after Terry Branstad of Iowa. Perry served as chairman of the Republican Governors Association in 2008 (succeeding Sonny Perdue of Georgia) and again in 2011.Perry won the Texas 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary election, defeating U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and former Wharton County Republican Party Chairwoman and businesswoman Debra Medina. In the 2010 Texas gubernatorial election, Perry won a third term by defeating former Houston mayor Bill White and Kathie Glass.On August 13, 2011, Perry announced in South Carolina that he was running for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential election. Perry suspended his campaign in January 2012 and eventually endorsed Republican nominee Mitt Romney.On July 8, 2013, Perry announced that he would not seek re-election to his fourth term in the 2014 election, planning to retire instead. Unnamed sources said to be close to Perry told the National Review that Perry may focus on another White House bid for 2016.On August 15, 2014, Perry was indicted by a grand jury on felony charges for abuse of power. He was accused of coercing a Democratic District Attorney who had been convicted of drunk driving to resign by threatening to veto funding for state public corruption prosecutors. The indictment received some support and also wide criticism from all sides of the political spectrum, and editorial criticism from major US newspapers.
Re-elected to a third four-year term as Governor of Texas on November 2, 2010.
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Father of daughter Sydney Perry.
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On February 2, 2007, issued an executive order requiring that all girls ages 11-12 be given give vaccine for the human pappilloma virus (HPV), a major cause of cervical cancer, before enrolling in public schools, beginning fall 2008. This makes Texas the first state to require the vaccine, assuming the legislature does not override it.
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On November 7, 2006, he was re-elected as Governor of Texas, despite, or perhaps because of, four other candidates running against him: former Democratic U.S. Representative Chris Bell, Libertarian James Werner and both Carol Keeton Strayhorn (aka Carole McClellan) and Kinky Friedman running as independents.
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Was Lieutenant Governor of Texas under George W. Bush, until Bush resigned to become President. In 2006, one of his opponents in the Governor's race is Carol Keeton Strayhorn (aka Carole McClellan, the mother of President Bush's press secretary, Scott McClellan.
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Republican Governor of Texas (2000-present).
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Little Hope Was Arson
2013
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Dallas
2012-2013
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Predators
2010
the producers wish to thank for their assistance - as The Governor of Texas
Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach
2008
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Planet Terror
2007
special thanks - as The Honorable Rick Perry Governor of Texas
Death Proof
2007
special thanks - as The Honorable Rick Perry Governor of Texas
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005
special thanks - as Governor Rick Perry
Sin City
2005
special thanks - as The Honorable Rick Perry
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
special thanks - as The Honorable Rick Perry Governor of Texas
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2012-2016
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America's Election HQ
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Hannity
2010-2016
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The View
2016
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Himself - Former Texas Governor
Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo
2015-2016
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This Week
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Fox News Sunday
2013-2015
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Face the Nation
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On the Record w/ Brit Hume
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Deep in the Heart
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Today
2011
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The Western Republican Presidential Debate
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The Republican Candidates Debate 2012
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The Early Show
2011
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Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano
2010
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The Daily Show
2010
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Along Came Kinky... Texas Jewboy for Governor
2009
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Now
2007
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Special Session
2005-2007
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Texas Monthly Talks: Texas Gubernatorial Special
2006
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Hannity & Colmes
2005
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2005
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2003
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2017
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Extra
2016
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Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
2015-2016
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The Making of Trump
2015
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Billions in Change
2015
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Inside Edition
2015
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The Drunken Peasants
2015
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
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Real Time with Bill Maher
2013
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Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories
2013
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Himself - Texas Governor
Frontline
2010-2012
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Himself / Himself - Governor, Texas
The Newsroom
2012
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Koch Brothers Exposed
2012
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2011-2012
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2011
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2011
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2008
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Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement
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Bush's Brain
2004
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60 Minutes
2002
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Man of the House (2005) as Himself
Along Came Kinky... Texas Jewboy for Governor (2009) as Himself