Former Texas Governor Rick Perry was in Brownwood on Tuesday to endorse Dr. Glenn Rogers for State Representative District 60.

“Governor Perry is the longest serving Governor in Texas.  To have someone with that kind of experience and that kind of background to endorse me means a whole lot.  I’m very proud to have Governor Perry’s endorsement” Rogers said.  Perry most recently served as Energy Secretary in the Trump administration.

Speaking to a group gathered to meet Perry and Rogers at the Brownwood Regional Airport, Governor Perry said he endorses Rogers because of his rural roots.  “He’s solid, he’s a conservative,” Perry said.  “We need that rural representation in Austin, Texas, just having somebody that can sit and share with someone from the city why having a rural agricultural economy and the strength of that is important for the whole state,” Perry said.

Dr. Rogers is running to become State Representative for District 60 which includes Brown, Coleman, Eastland, Callahan, Hood, Palo Pinto, Stephens and Shackelford counties.  He is in a Republican party run-off against Jon Francis.

The election is Tuesday, July 14.  Early voting is from June 29 to July 10 at the Brown County Elections Office at 613 N. Fisk Street.