PHOTO GALLERY: Rick Perry campaigns with attorney general candidate Ed Martin

September 24, 2012 | 8:30 p.m. CDT

Texas Gov. Rick Perry visited Columbia to campaign with attorney general candidate Ed Martin on Monday afternoon. The two men held a round-table discussion and a meet and greet open to the public.

Republican attorney general candidate Ed Martin and Texas Gov. Rick Perry meet with potential voters outside of Bleu Restaurant on Monday afternoon. Perry helped Martin campaign in Columbia. | Stuart Palley

Texas Gov. Rick Perry talks with John Soper, a member of the Mizzou College Republicans, at Bleu Restaurant in Columbia on Monday. | Stuart Palley

Stickers for Republican attorney general candidate Ed Martin sit on a table outside Bleu Restaurant on Monday afternoon. Martin held a closed round-table discussion and an open meet and greet on the patio with Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

| Stuart Palley

Republican attorney general candidate Ed Martin, left, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry stand outside of Bleu Restaurant on Monday afternoon. Perry was helping Martin campaign in Columbia and meet with potential voters on Bleu's patio. | Stuart Palley

Texas Gov. Rick Perry talks to a small crowd Monday at Bleu Restaurant in Columbia. | Stuart Palley