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  1. Rick Perry
    14th United States Secretary of Energy

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  1. After leaving the Air Force in 1977, Perry returned to Texas and entered politics, serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1985 to 1991. Initially a Democrat, Perry switched parties in 1989 and became a Republican, and was elected Agriculture Commissioner of Texas the following year.

  2. Jul 14, 2011 · Perry spent his first six years in politics as a Democrat, in a somewhat forgotten history that is sure to be revived and scrutinized by Republican opponents if he decides to run for...

  3. Jun 4, 2015 · Perry started his political career an Al Gore Democrat. It's hard to believe now, but Rick Perry was a Democrat for five years when he first began as a Texas state representative in 1984.

    • Wade Goodwyn
  4. A Southern Democratlike his father, who served as a county commissioner—Perry successfully ran for the Texas House of Representatives in 1984 and was reelected in 1986 and in 1988. During his tenure in the statehouse, he served on the House Appropriations Committee, where he affiliated himself with a group of fiscally conservative ...

  5. Dec 16, 2016 · He was a brand new member of the Texas House, a rural Democrat with no notable post-collegiate success on his résumé, an Aggie, a former Air Force pilot, a good ol' boy in a Legislature full of...

    • Ross Ramsey
  6. Jul 14, 2011 · It may be hard to believe now, but Gov. Rick Perry got his start in politics as a Democrat, representing Haskell in the Texas House from 1985-1991. It's a period likely to be scrutinized by his...

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  8. Jul 14, 2011 · Mr. Perry spent his first six years in politics as a Democrat, in a somewhat forgotten history that is sure to be revived and scrutinized by Republican opponents if he decides to run for...

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