Rick Perry
American politician (born 1950)
Summary
James Richard Perry is an American politician who served as the 14th United States secretary of energy from 2017 to 2019. He previously served as the 47th governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015 and ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in the 2012 and 2016 elections.
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I edited the 2016 presidential campaign section. "became" was misspelled, reading "becamne". I also rephrased the bit about overspending on his campaign to make it sound better.
For accuracy, replaced "could have" with "eventually" in "Trump–Ukraine scandal that... led to Trump's impeachment"
