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The longest-serving governor in the history of Texas, Perry
has worked to overhaul his image since his 2012 Republican
candidacy fell apart in an embarrassing debate performance that
became infamous as his "oops moment."
Perry has presented himself since then as a more thoughtful,
policy-oriented candidate with a solid record of job creation.
Wearing his now-ubiquitous thick-framed glasses, Perry has spent
the past several months arguing his efforts to keep taxes low
and boost the energy sector in the nation's third-largest state
from 2000 to 2014 were a central reason that Texas added 2.2
million jobs during that period.
He faces perhaps a more difficult field of Republican opponents
in 2016 than in the previous cycle, when he was seen briefly as
a serious challenger to eventual nominee Mitt Romney.
Despite regular appearances in key primary states like Iowa,
Perry has failed to register in Reuters/Ipsos opinion polling of
the 2016 Republican presidential field.
(Additional reporting by Alistair Bell; Editing by Lisa Lambert)
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