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Mrs. Perry's brother, Joseph E. Thigpen (born ca. 1946), is a former district attorney and county attorney in Texas. In 1994, Rick Perry, as the Texas Agriculture Commissioner, asked incoming Republican Governor [[George W. Bush]] to name Joseph Thigpen to a vacancy on the state appeals court in Eastland County, Texas. Acting on a check into Thigpen's record by [[Karl Rove]], Bush declined to appoint Perry's brother-in-law to the bench. As a county attorney, Thigpen had been criticized for not being available when the commissioner's court needed his counsel. In 1998, Rick Perry became lieutenant governor in the second George W. Bush gubernatorial term. The Thigpen appointment controversy has been mentioned as possible cause of a possible breach between Governors Bush and Perry.<ref>Will Weissert, "Perry-Bush camps still feel old dispute", ''Laredo Morning Times'', September 19, 2011, p. 8A</ref>  

Mrs. Perry's brother, Joseph E. Thigpen (born ca. 1946), is a former district attorney and county attorney in Texas. In 1994, Rick Perry, as the Texas Agriculture Commissioner, asked incoming Republican Governor [[George W. Bush]] to name Joseph Thigpen to a vacancy on the state appeals court in Eastland County, Texas. Acting on a check into Thigpen's record by [[Karl Rove]], Bush declined to appoint Perry's brother-in-law to the bench. As a county attorney, Thigpen had been criticized for not being available when the commissioner's court needed his counsel. In 1998, Rick Perry became lieutenant governor in the second George W. Bush gubernatorial term. The Thigpen appointment controversy has been mentioned as possible cause of a possible breach between Governors Bush and Perry.<ref>Will Weissert, "Perry-Bush camps still feel old dispute", ''Laredo Morning Times'', September 19, 2011, p. 8A</ref>  

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