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Ray Sullivan is the communications director for Rick Perry's presidential campaign. His wife, Leslie, is a fundraiser for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. Awkward, huh? "Oh, the poor dears," Mary Matalin says — and she should know. Full Story
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News analysts described Gov. Rick Perry as the Tea Party darling when he announced his bid for the presidency. But at a recent Tea Party gathering in Waco, that status seemed tenuous. Full Story
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The restricted club that is the Texas Senate will be invaded by noisy conservative voters and activists next year if senators have to choose a new leader from their own ranks, reprising the 2011 contretemps over the choice for Speaker of the House. Full Story
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If you put Ron Paul and Rick Perry side by side in this presidential race, most people would say Paul is the underdog. But as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, what Paul's supporters lack in numbers they make up for in passion. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry often emphasizes that he favors diversification of energy sources — and the record mostly bears him out. Wind farms and gas drilling have proliferated under his tenure, and he has tried to make building coal plants easier. Full Story
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August 20, 2011 Gov. Rick Perry made his first return to Austin after becoming an official contender for the White House. Hundreds gathered in a room at Abel's on the Lake to catch a glimpse of the man they hope will unseat the President Barack Obama. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry made a triumphant return to Austin on Saturday evening — his first homecoming as an official contender for the White House. Hundreds gathered in a room at Abel's on the Lake to catch a glimpse of the man they hope will unseat the President Barack Obama. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry made a triumphant return to Austin on Saturday evening — his first homecoming as an official contender for the White House. Hundreds gathered in a room at Abel's on the Lake to catch a glimpse of the man they hope will unseat President Barack Obama. Full Story
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Aaronson analyzes TWIA claims and lawyer fees, Aguilar talks border security and voter ID with Chuy Hinojosa, Grissom on the latest inmate exonerated via DNA evidence, Hamilton interviews John Sharp on higher ed and the SEC, Murphy interactively maps the changes wrought by redistricting, Philpott on who's running Texas while Rick Perry is out campaigning for president, Ramsey on Perry's history of off-the-cuff remarks, Ramshaw on Perry's childhood years in Paint Creek, Root on Perry's extraordinary first week on the trail and Tan on even more ways Texas will change on Sept. 1: The best of our best content from Aug. 15-19, 2011. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry likes to rail against the Obama administration's "failed" federal stimulus program, but he and state lawmakers have more than $17 billion in fed-stim dollars to thank for the last two balanced Texas budgets. Full Story
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Presidential candidates typically claw their way into the nation’s consciousness. Rick Perry took a bullet train. He's expected back in Austin this weekend after one of the most extraordinary weeks of his life. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry presents his plan to get America working again before a small crowd of modular home builders in Pembroke, N.H. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry's rural hometown of Paint Creek is the scene-setter for many a stump speech. We take you there with an audio slideshow. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry — touting the state's job growth on the campaign trail — got some bad news this morning: The state's unemployment rate is the worst in nearly a quarter century. Full Story
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If Rick Perry felt like the center of the universe in his first 18 years, he couldn’t have been faulted for it. Life in his tiny hometown of Paint Creak revolved around children — their school, their scouting, their sports. Full Story
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The latest Texas jobs numbers will be released today, and a positive report would bolster Gov. Rick Perry's economic message on the campaign trail. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports on the battle to define just how well the Texas economy is doing. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry’s mouth has failed him before (anyone remember "Why don’t you just let us get on down the road?"), but it has always blown over. Will that be the case in his 2012 presidential campaign? Full Story
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Who knew, when the 1998 race for lieutenant governor was raging, that the combatants would end up like this: Rick Perry is picking his way across Iowa and New Hampshire with his sights set on the White House, and John Sharp is the chancellor-apparent at the Texas A&M University System. Whodathunkit? Full Story
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A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper stopped the SUV in which Lt. Gov. Rick Perry was riding on June 28, 2000, for going 75 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone. A camera mounted on the dashboard of the officer's car recorded the stop. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry, in New Hampshire on Thursday, told voters that the country should start "transitioning away" from its current Medicare program. But as Jon Greenberg of New Hampshire Public Radio Reports, Perry has said little about what his new program would look like. Full Story
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