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Texas governor and presidential candidate Rick Perry is still feeling the heat from his 2009 statement implying that Texas might secede from the union, but to be fair, Perry never even used the term “secession.” Meanwhile, numerous legitimate secession movements have sprouted around the United States in recent years. No one expects any of these efforts to succeed, but they offer a revealing look at the fragmentation of U.S. politics today, as rural and urban interests, conservatives and liberals battle it out in state houses across the country. They also provide an interesting exercise in “What if?” Here are 10 notable secession proposals in recent years.