Everything about David E Price totally explained
David Eugene Price (born
August 17 1940) is a
professor and politician currently serving as
Democratic member of the
United States House of Representatives, representing the 4th district of
North Carolina.(
map
) The district includes portions of
Raleigh, as well as all of
Durham and
Chapel Hill.
Early life and education
Born in
Erwin, Tennessee, Price attended
Mars Hill College in
Mars Hill, North Carolina when it was a
junior college. He later transferred to the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after winning a scholarship and earned a B.A. degree in 1961. Price continued his education at
Yale University where he received a B.Div. degree (1964) and a Ph.D. in political science (1969). He served as an aide to
Alaska Senator
Bob Bartlett from 1963 to 1967 and then entered
academia, working as a
political science and
public policy professor at
Duke University until his first campaign for Congress in 1986.
Congress
Price first entered Congress in 1987 and served there continuously until the
104th Congress. That year, he was narrowly defeated by
Republican Fred Heineman during the Republican Revolution of 1994, in part to lower-than-expected turnout in the Democratic stronghold of
Orange County (home to Chapel Hill). However, Price defeated Heineman in a rematch and returned to the seat following the 1996 elections. He was helped in part by the addition of heavily Democratic Durham to the district, as well as a tremendous get-out-the-vote effort among students at UNC. He hasn't faced a serious challenge to reelection since. However, Price's opponent in the 2008 election is Republican
B.J. Lawson backed by the local
Ron Paul movement.
Price was elected to his 10th term (sixth consecutive) in the
2006 Congressional elections, earning 65% of the popular vote
David Price is a member of the
New Democrat Coalition.
Committee assignments
In the 110th Congress, Price serves on the
House Appropriations Committee and is chairman of the
Subcommittee on Homeland Security--making him arguably the most influential House Democrat from North Carolina. Price is a member of the
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies and the
Subcommittee Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies. He also serves on the House Democracy Assistance Commission.
- Appropriations Committee
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Homeland Security (Chairman)
- Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
- House Democracy Assistance Commission (Chairman)
Personal life
Price married his wife Lisa in 1968. Together they've two children: Karen a filmmaker; and Michael a professor. They have one grandson Charles Albert born in 2006. Today Price resides in
Chapel Hill and is a member of the Binkley Memorial Baptist Church.
Price has written a political science textbook, entitled
The Congressional Experience, from the unusual perspective of a candidate for office.
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