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| Chris
Bell | Rick
Perry |
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| CURRENT PROFESSION | CURRENT
PROFESSION | | | | Attorney | Governor
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| LAST ELECTION RESULTS | LAST
ELECTION RESULTS | | | | N/A | Won
58 percent of the vote against Tony Sanchez in 2002 |
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| POLITICAL EXPERIENCE | POLITICAL
EXPERIENCE | | | | Houston
City Council, 1997-2001; U.S. House of Representatives, 2003-2005 | Texas
House, 1985-90; Texas Commission of Agriculture, 1991-98; Texas lieutenant governor,
1999-2000; two terms as governor | | |
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| COMMITTEES | COMMITTEES |
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| PREVIOUS WORK | PREVIOUS
WORK | | | | Attorney | Rancher |
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| BORN | BORN |
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23, 1959 in Abilene, Texas | March
4, 1950 in Paint Creek, Texas | | |
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| EDUCATION | EDUCATION |
| | | B.S.
from University of Texas, 1982; J.D. from South Texas College of Law, 1992 | B.S.
from Texas A&M University, 1972 | | |
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| FAMILY | FAMILY |
| | | Married
to Alison Ayres Bell; has two children | Married
to Anita; has two children | | |
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| CAMPAIGN WEB SITE | CAMPAIGN
WEB SITE | | | | www.chrisbell.com
| www.rickperry.org
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| OFFICIAL WEB SITE | OFFICIAL
WEB SITE | | | | N/A | www.governor.state.tx.us
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| Richard
'Kinky' Friedman |
Carole
Keeton Strayhorn |
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| CURRENT PROFESSION | CURRENT
PROFESSION | | |
| Candidate
for governor |
Texas
comptroller for public accounts |
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| LAST ELECTION RESULTS | LAST
ELECTION RESULTS | | |
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Won
64 percent of the vote in 2002 |
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| POLITICAL EXPERIENCE | POLITICAL
EXPERIENCE | | |
| N/A |
Mayor
of Austin, Texas Railroad commissioner |
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| COMMITTEES | COMMITTEES |
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| PREVIOUS WORK | PREVIOUS
WORK | | |
| Country
and western singer with Kinky Friedman and the Texas
Jewboys, writer, actor |
Public
school teacher |
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| BORN | BORN |
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31, 1944 in Chicago |
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| EDUCATION | EDUCATION |
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| B.A.
from University of Texas |
B.A.
from University of Texas in Austin |
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| FAMILY | FAMILY |
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| Single |
Married
to Ed Strayhorn; has five sons |
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| CAMPAIGN WEB SITE | CAMPAIGN
WEB SITE | | |
| www.kinkyfriedman.com |
www.onetoughgrandma.com |
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| OFFICIAL WEB SITE | OFFICIAL
WEB SITE | | |
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www.window.state.tx.us |
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