I am also the product of a place called Paint Creek. Doesn't have a zip code. It's too small to be called a town along the rolling plains of Texas. We grew dryland cotton and wheat, and when I wasn't farming or attending Paint Creek Rural School, I was generally over at Troop 48 working on my Eagle Scout award.

Lieutenant Governor
In 1998 Perry chose not to seek a third term as Agriculture Commissioner running instead for Lieutenant Governor to succeed the retiring Democrat Bob Bullock. Senator Al Gore of Tennessee. Bush resigned to become President of the United States.

In the 2010 Texas gubernatorial election Perry won a third term by defeating former Houston mayor Bill White and Kathie Glass. Perry won the Texas 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary election defeating U.