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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.

By Rebecca Miller

June 7, 201512 AM Central

Rick Perry speaks. — Credit: Rebecca Miller

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. — Credit: Rebecca Miller

Anita Perry meets with supporters following her husband's talk at Hotel Pattee in Perry, Iowa. — Credit: Rebecca Miller

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. — Credit: Rebecca MIller

Trainers from Puppy Jake calm their dogs. — Credit: Rebecca Miller

Veterans and their friends and family prepare for a ride with Rick Perry from Perry to Boone, Iowa. — Credit: Rebecca Miller

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. — 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. Credit: Rebecca MIller

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. — Credit: Rebecca MIller

Joseph Johnson, 10, of Webster County, cheers for Perry. — Credit: Rebecca Miller

Rick Perry runs to the stage at the Roast and Ride in Boone, Iowa. — Credit: Rebecca Miller

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. — Credit: Rebecca MIller

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