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Slideshow: Ride With Candidate Perry

Rick Perry is on the campaign trail now as an official 2016 candidate for president. The former governor’s first swing through Iowa included something for everyone – Harley-Davidsons, canines and more than a half-dozen GOP contenders.

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Slideshow: Ride With Candidate Perry

by From our Partners, The Texas Tribune
June 7, 2015

<h1>Slideshow: Ride With Candidate Perry</h1>
<p class="byline">by From our Partners, The Texas Tribune <br />June 7, 2015</p>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Rick_Perry_7929_rfm-1.jpg"><img src="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Rick_Perry_7929_rfm-1.jpg" alt="Trainers with the Puppy Jake Foundation brought puppies to Rick Perry&apos;s Ride with Rick event in at Hotel Pattee in Perry, Iowa, on June 6, 2015. Puppy Jake trains service dogs for wounded veterans." class="wp-image-143588" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Trainers with the Puppy Jake Foundation brought puppies to Rick Perry's Ride with Rick event in at Hotel Pattee in Perry, Iowa, on June 6, 2015. Puppy Jake trains service dogs for wounded veterans.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Rick_Perry_8007_rfm-2.jpg"><img src="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Rick_Perry_8007_rfm-2.jpg" alt="Anita Perry meets with supporters following her husband&apos;s talk at Hotel Pattee in Perry, Iowa." class="wp-image-168543" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Anita Perry meets with supporters following her husband's talk at Hotel Pattee in Perry, Iowa.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150606_Ride_with_Rick_7779_rfm-2.jpg"><img src="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150606_Ride_with_Rick_7779_rfm-2.jpg" alt="Former Gov. Rick Perry speaks to an audience of veterans and supporters at a fundraiser for the Puppy Jake Foundation in Iowa, on June 6, 2015." class="wp-image-187111" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Former Gov. Rick Perry speaks to an audience of veterans and supporters at a fundraiser for the Puppy Jake Foundation in Iowa, on June 6, 2015.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Rick_Perry_8020_rfm-2.jpg"><img src="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Rick_Perry_8020_rfm-2.jpg" alt="Trainers from Puppy Jake calm their dogs." class="wp-image-168545" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Trainers from Puppy Jake calm their dogs.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Rick_Perry_8017_rfm-1.jpg"><img src="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Rick_Perry_8017_rfm-1.jpg" alt="Veterans and their friends and family prepare for a ride with Rick Perry from Perry to Boone, Iowa." class="wp-image-143599" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Veterans and their friends and family prepare for a ride with Rick Perry from Perry to Boone, Iowa.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Ride_with_Rick_8036_rfm-1.jpg"><img src="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Ride_with_Rick_8036_rfm-1.jpg" alt="Edwin Top of Orange City, Iowa, prepares to ride from Perry to Boone, Iowa, on June 6, 2015, as part of the Ride with Rick event. The fundraiser benefited the Puppy Jake Foundatiom, an organization that provides service dogs to wounded war veterans. Top served as a teletype operator in France and Germany during the Vietnam War and now serves in honor guards at veterans&apos; funerals around Iowa." class="wp-image-143602" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Edwin Top of Orange City, Iowa, prepares to ride from Perry to Boone, Iowa, on June 6, 2015, as part of the Ride with Rick event. The fundraiser benefited the Puppy Jake Foundatiom, an organization that provides service dogs to wounded war veterans. Top served as a teletype operator in France and Germany during the Vietnam War and now serves in honor guards at veterans' funerals around Iowa.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Ride_with_Rick_8183_rfm-1.jpg"><img src="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Ride_with_Rick_8183_rfm-1.jpg" alt="A group of veterans and supporters ride with Governor Rick Perry from Perry to Boone, Iowa, on June 6, 2015, as part of the Ride with Rick event. The fundraiser benefited the Puppy Jake Foundation, an organization that trains service dogs for wounded veterans." class="wp-image-143605" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A group of veterans and supporters ride with Governor Rick Perry from Perry to Boone, Iowa, on June 6, 2015, as part of the Ride with Rick event. The fundraiser benefited the Puppy Jake Foundation, an organization that trains service dogs for wounded veterans.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Rick_Perry_8534_rfm_OKJ0Q1J-1.jpg"><img src="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Rick_Perry_8534_rfm_OKJ0Q1J-1.jpg" alt="Joseph Johnson, 10, of Webster County, cheers for Perry." class="wp-image-143609" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Joseph Johnson, 10, of Webster County, cheers for Perry.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Rick_Perry_8512_rfm_7SRFjQh-1.jpg"><img src="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Rick_Perry_8512_rfm_7SRFjQh-1.jpg" alt="Rick Perry runs to the stage at the Roast and Ride in Boone, Iowa." class="wp-image-143611" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Rick Perry runs to the stage at the Roast and Ride in Boone, Iowa.</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large aligncenter"><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Rick_Perry_8488_rfm_zTdH6rT-1.jpg"><img src="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150606_Rick_Perry_8488_rfm_zTdH6rT-1.jpg" alt="U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, hosted her first Roast and Ride in Boone, Iowa, on June 6, 2015. The fundraiser featured a lineup of Republican politicians vying for the audience&apos;s affections leading up to the Iowa caucuses." class="wp-image-143614" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, hosted her first Roast and Ride in Boone, Iowa, on June 6, 2015. The fundraiser featured a lineup of Republican politicians vying for the audience's affections leading up to the Iowa caucuses.</figcaption></figure>
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