Perry won the general election in 2010 so in 2017 there should be a new election for governor.
Texas governor has no term limitations — who cares about open primaries.
We know Perry is going to run for Pres, and frankly would be a better choice than Cruz at this point
The candidate running this year is Greg Abbott. It is likely he will serve at least 8 years, hence no open election until 2022. It is likely he will be succeeded by the person who will be elected Lieutenant Governor, Dan Patrick, and so then there’s the next Governors up until January 2031.
Cruz is not going to go to Austin when his expertise is Washington.
As for Perry, aka La Raza Rick, he has never been a Conservative, merely an old Carter-Gore Democrat who switched parties when he realized he couldn’t get elected statewide as one. A Karl Rove recruit, a RINO, and a subpar Governor who served too many years too long. I wouldn’t vote for that two-bit phony for dogcatcher, let alone President.
GO CRUZ !
Perry won the general election in 2010
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Yes he did and prior to that he won the general election for governor in 2002 and 2006 after
having moved to the governorship in Dec. 2000 when GW Bush
resigned to become President.
The Texas gubernatorial election is this November. Perry is not running. Abbott is the GOP nominee.
To cope with the mess Obama has made, we don’t need some opportunistic hack like Perry who will at best be another Bush. We need a fighter. Ted Cruz/Allen West in ‘16!