Rick Perry top candidate for Energy secretary: report

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is the leading candidate to be Energy secretary in President-elect Donald TrumpDonald TrumpMcMullin: Trump trying ‘to obscure the truth’ on Russia McConnell: Obama kept Biden on a tight leash to move country left Former GOP lawmaker: Trump's Russia response 'horrible' MORE's administration, Bloomberg reports. 

Others reportedly under consideration are Democratic senators Heidi HeitkampHeidi HeitkampVulnerable Senate Democrats embrace Trump issues Rick Perry top candidate for Energy secretary: report Heitkamp is Trump's top choice for Agriculture secretary: report MORE (N.D.) and Joe ManchinJoe ManchinPerry to discuss potential Energy nomination with Trump Vulnerable Senate Democrats embrace Trump issues Rick Perry top candidate for Energy secretary: report MORE (W.Va.).

Ray Washburne, a Dallas investor and former finance chairman of the Republican National Committee, is also being considered, according to Bloomberg, which noted Trump met with Perry and Washburne on Saturday in Baltimore.

Trump met with Heitkamp in New York last week and will meet with Manchin soon. 

Perry, when running for president in 2011, famously forgot the name of the Energy Department when listing government agencies he wanted to eliminate.