SAN ANTONIO – Gov. Rick Perry’s decision to not seek re-election touched off a roar of appreciation from supporters and the roar of political engines all over Texas.
The state’s longest serving governor said he’ll step down after 14 years – a tenure that began as a relatively little known lieutenant governor assuming the office in the shadows of George W. Bush and ending in the bright lights of the most powerful chief executive the state has known.
He left open the possibility of a second run for president, saying that future decisions “will be made at the appropriate time.”
Choking up at one point, Perry said he is leaving the state as the strongest economic powerhouse in the nation, poised to take on the next century.
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