Senator Charles Perry Biography

Senate District 28

State Senator Charles Perry is a life-long West Texan and a practicing CPA from Lubbock. He was elected to the Texas Senate in 2014 after serving two terms in the Texas House of Representatives.

Senator Perry currently chairs the Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs and is Vice-Chair of the Health and Human Services Committee. He also sits on the Senate Committees for State Affairs, Finance, and Transportation and he co-chairs the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT) Advisory Committee and the Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund (TIRF). Governor Abbott appointed him to the Southwestern States Water Commission and the Western States Water Council.

Senator Perry grew up in the district he represents, graduatingfrom Sweetwater High School. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and management information systems from Texas Tech University.

He is married to his wife, Jacklyn, and they have two children and five grandchildren.