June 2, 2015: Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry will announce Thursday that he will seek the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, according to a report.
The Associated Press, citing a senior Perry adviser, said that he would formally declare his candidacy at an event in Dallas. The adviser requested anonymity to speak ahead of the formal announcement.
Perry would become the tenth Republican to enter the race for the White House. He has already made several visits to the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, and will look to erase the memories of his disappointing 2012 campaign.
When Perry entered the Republican race last cycle, he was considered to be among the front-runners. Then, at a November 2011 debate in Michigan, he forgot the name of the third federal agency he said he would close if he was elected, then muttered "Oops." In that moment, he went from from powerhouse to punchline and gradually faded from contention.
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