“Rick Perry: A Political Life” is the latest book from University of Houston political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus. The book about the former governor and Texas A&M graduate was ...

HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 6: Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks to an estimated 30,000 attendees alongside at the non-denominational prayer and fasting event, The Response, held in Houston, Texas, August ...

Former Gov. Rick Perry is back in Texas government as a senior adviser to House Speaker Dade Phelan. Phelan made the announcement Thursday morning in a news release touting Perry's previous posts ...

Former Gov. Rick Perry is back in Texas government as a senior adviser to House Speaker Dade Phelan. Phelan made the announcement Thursday morning in a news release.

Rick Perry’s campaign is in a bunker. On the first floor of 804 Congress St. in Austin, a 1970s building with a redbrick front, 45 people are trying to figure out how to get Perry elected President.

2024 Texas Elections Former Gov. Rick Perry joins House Speaker Dade Phelan’s team as senior adviser Perry was the longest-serving governor in Texas history.

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, center, greets guests as he joins House Speaker Dade Phelan for a campaign rally at Jack Brooks Regional Airport near Port Arthur, Feb. 15, 2024.

Perry ran for president twice, in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections. After former President Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, he appointed Perry as Secretary of Energy.

Former Gov. Rick Perry is back in Texas government as a senior advisor to House Speaker Dade Phelan. (Reuters/Tom Brenner, Reuters/Tom Brenner) Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily ...