Rick Perry 2016 presidential campaign
Rick Perry for President 2016 | |
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Houston, Texas | |
Receipts | US$1,427,133 (2015-12-31[1]) |
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www.rickperry.org |
The 2016 presidential campaign of
On January 25, 2016, Perry announced that he would endorse presidential candidate and fellow Texan, Senator Ted Cruz.
Background
Perry was elected
In
Perry had hinted of another presidential campaign as early as early 2014 when he announced that he would not seek re-election for a record fourth full term as Texas Governor.
He had also prepared extensively for a presidential campaign, holding a number of policy sessions and briefings with think tanks, including The Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute, and others across the political spectrum. Perry had also held policy briefings with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger prior to his announcement.
Campaign announcement
Perry had hinted of running for President as early as 2014 and officially announced his candidacy on June 4, at a press event in a hangar at Addison Airport near Dallas, Texas, in front of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules bearing his campaign logo.[5] He walked up to the stage to a version of Colt Ford's "Answer to No One" song.
He later conducted an hour-long interview with
Perry was flanked by former US Navy Seals which included Marcus Luttrell, his twin brother Morgan Luttrell, Mike Thornton, Pete Scobell, Paul Craig and JJ Jones as well as former Marine, Captain Dan Moran. Also present was Tara Kyle, the widow of Chris Kyle, the author of the biography American Sniper, which was later adapted into a blockbuster film.
On June 19, 2014 at lunch organized by the
Debate performances
After poor performances in the 2012 GOP presidential debates, Perry stated he had prepared for years[10] to be ready for the 2016 debates.
Perry was determined by Fox News criteria to be eleventh in polling, losing out the coveted tenth spot to Ohio Governor John Kasich, whose late entry into the race allowed him to sustain a poll bump in the polls which allowed him to enter the top-tier debates.[11] Fox News had used the most recent non-partisan polls from Bloomberg, CBS News, NBC News, Monmouth University and Quinnipiac University as well as its own.
Perry was subsequently invited to the non-prime-time debate scheduled at 5pm before the prime-time top 10 candidate debate held in
The Governor's performance in the debate was considered strong and he commanded the third longest talk time among the eight participants.[12] However he was overshadowed largely by former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive, Carly Fiorina, whose strong performance catapulted her into the top-tier for the 2016 Republican nomination.
During an answer to a question about immigration, Governor Perry seemed to have referred to former President Ronald Reagan as 'Ronald Raven.'[13] After the debate, a Perry campaign spokesperson said the Governor "clearly said Ronald Reagan."[14]
Despite his financial woes, Perry was invited to participate in the second debate, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and hosted by CNN on September 16, where he needed a breakout moment like Fiorina's. However, Perry withdrew from the race before the debate and did not participate.
Campaign
Perry delivered his first real policy speech on July 2 at the
Perry was also the first Republican candidate to come out against Donald Trump, calling Trump's candidacy a "mix of demagoguery, mean-spiritedness and nonsense" and a "cancer on conservatism". On July 21, 2015, during a campaign event in South Carolina, Trump said of Perry: "He put glasses on so people will think he's smart. And it just doesn't work! People can see through the glasses."[16]
The Perry campaign raised $1.1 million between April and June 2015 while his affiliated superpac, the Opportunity and Freedom PAC raised in excess of $17 million.
On August 10, the Perry campaign announced it was unable to pay campaign staff due to a lack of fundraising.[17] Despite this, over 90% of Perry's staff stayed on with the campaign. The Perry campaign in early September resumed paying two full-time staff, one in Iowa and another in South Carolina. This made him eligible for the upcoming CNN debate on September 16 as a requirement was for candidates to have two paid staffers in first four early voting states. This also effectively signaled the end of Perry's campaign in New Hampshire where he would focus instead on more conservative Iowa and South Carolina.
On August 24, Perry's Iowa campaign chairman, Sam Clovis, resigned from the campaign in part because he was no longer being compensated.[18] Clovis subsequently joined Donald Trump's presidential campaign, serving as a national policy adviser. Karen Fesler, Perry's Iowa co-chair also resigned from the campaign, joining the Rick Santorum campaign where she had previously supported in the 2012 cycle.
The Opportunity and Freedom PAC took further steps to help Perry's campaign with the hiring of Marshall Critchfield, who resigned as Republican chairman of Jasper County, as its Iowa political director to help run caucus organization and voter turnout operations on behalf of Perry. The superpac assumed much of what would be the traditional campaign's duties in light of the Perry's campaign poor fundraising.
On September 11 at a conservative gathering in
Perry endorsed
Perry maintained an active social media presence across Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram during the campaign.
Endorsements
- U.S. Representatives (current)
- Texas: Joe Barton[20]
- State legislators
- Iowa State Senator: David Johnson[21]
- Iowa State Representative: Dawn Pettengill (2004–2007 Democratic then 2007–present Republican)[22][23]
- Businesspeople
- Texas: Thomas Friedkin[24] (actor/automotive), Kenny Troutt[24] (telecom)
- Celebrities, commentators, and activists
- Dean Cain, actor[25]
- Brad Thor, novelist and conservative activist[citation needed]
- Taya Kyle, widow of U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle[26][27]
- Marcus Luttrell, U.S. Navy SEAL and author[27]
- Michael Thornton, retired U.S. Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient[28]
See also
- Rick Perry presidential campaign, 2012
- Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016
- Republican Party presidential candidates, 2016
References
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- ^ "Rick Perry (@GovernorPerry)". Twitter.com. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- ^ Beckwith, Ryan Teague; Rhodan, Maya (June 4, 2015). "Rick Perry Announces Presidential Bid". Time. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ a b "Rick Perry Suspends Presidential Campaign | The Texas Tribune". 11 September 2015.
- ^ Jervis, Rick; Camia, Catalina (4 June 2015). "Rick Perry launches 2016 presidential campaign". USA Today. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Sean Hannity on Twitter". Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- ^ Gillman, Todd J. "In DC, Gov. Rick Perry talks 2016, Ted Cruz, climate change, border security". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ Magill, Bobby (December 14, 2016). "Rick Perry Tapped to Run the Energy Agency He Once Vowed to Kill". Scientific American. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ Mullany, Gerry (June 4, 2015). "Rick Perry on the Issues". The New York Times. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ James Hohmann (April 17, 2015). "Rick Perry on 2016: I'm healthy and prepared". Politico. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
- ^ "Fox News announces candidate line-up for prime-time debate". Fox News. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ Taylor, Jessica (6 August 2015). "In 'Happy Hour Debate,' Candidates Struggle To Break Through". NPR. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ "Rick Perry refers to Ronald Raven".
- ^ "GOP Debate: Rick Perry's Campaign Denies He Said 'Ronald Raven' - ABC News". ABC News. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ "Rick Perry Addresses Republicans' Legacy on Race". Time. 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ "Donald Trump and Rick Perry are trolling each other over which one of them used to be the bigger suck-up". Business Insider. July 22, 2015.
- ^ Miller, Jake. "Rick Perry's campaign staff working without pay". CBS News. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ Rucker, Phillip. "Rick Perry's Iowa chairman quits: 'Time to move on'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ Glueck, Katie (January 25, 2016). "Rick Perry endorses Ted Cruz". Politico. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
- ^ "Rep. Joe Barton endorses Rick Perry for president, spearheads Congressional outreach". The Dallas Morning News. 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ Hayworth, Bret (July 19, 2015). "2016 candidates lining up endorsements". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
- ^ Lynch, James Q. (2015-07-11). "Perry says he has experience, record to back up his rhetoric". Quad-City Times. Archived from the original on 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
- ^ "Rick Perry to make nine Iowa stops". Desmoinesregister.com. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ a b "Here's where all the presidential candidates get their campaign money". Yahoo News. July 21, 2015.
- ^ "2016 Celebrity endorsements". Business Insider. 28 May 2015.
- ^ Fox News Insider (2015-08-29). "'American Sniper' Widow Taya Kyle Endorses Ex-Texas Gov. Rick Perry for President in 2016 - Fox News Insider". Fox News Insider.
- ^ a b Dylan Stableford (2015-06-04). "Rick Perry announces presidential bid, joining crowded GOP field". Yahoo!. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ Watkins, Matthew (2015-05-21). "In Announcement, Perry Set to Tout Military Service". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2015-07-23.