Charles Perry

American accountant-turned-politician, a Republican who ran a grass roots campaign in 2010 with support of the Tea Party movement, also known as "Taxed Enough Already" to win membership of the Texas House of Representatives from District 83, a rural district south of Lubbock. A certified public accountant, Perry unseated incumbent Representative Delwin L. Jones, then the oldest member of the Texas House, in the runoff election held on 13 April 2010. He faced no Democratic opponents in the 2 November 2010 general election. Perry took his seat in the 150-member House in January 2011. Since 2014 he has been member of the Texas State Senate from West Texas District 28 which contains two cities, Lubbock and San Angelo, and 46 mostly rural counties. He won an outright majority in a special election for the seat held on 9 September 2014. The slot became open when Robert L. Duncan, another Republican, resigned to become the new chancellor of the Texas Tech University System. Perry was named one of the "Worst Legislators" in Texas by Texas Monthly magazine in 2017. Charles Perry is not related to former Governor Rick Perry. Link to Wikipedia biography