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"Office of the Governor Rick Perry - About the Governor." //Office of the Governor - Rick Perry//. Web. 17 Nov. 2011. [].

1.he graduate from Texas A&M 2.first Texas A&M graduate to occupy the Governor's Mansion 3.Perry was born in Paint Creek 4.political career started in 1985 5.representative for a rural West Texas district in the state House of Representatives 6.first elected to statewide office in 1990 7.served as Texas Commissioner of Agriculture for two terms 8.served in the United States Air Force 9.Signing or vetoing bills passed by the Legislature 10.Serving as commander-in-chief of the state's military forces 11.Convening special sessions of the Legislature for specific purposes 12.Delivering a report on the condition of the state to the Legislature at the beginning of each regular session 13.Estimating of the amounts of money required to be raised by taxation 14.Accounting for all public monies received and paid out by him and recommending a budget for the next two years 15.Declaring special elections to fill vacancies in certain elected offices 16.married in 1982 and are the proud parents of two grown children 17.Texas' 47th governor 18.signed a school finance reform package that provided a 33 percent school property tax reduction 19.$2,000 pay raise for teachers 20.Perry led the effort to reform the legal system

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