Ed Price (Louisiana politician)
| Edward Joseph "Ed" Price | |
 | |
Louisiana State Senator for
District 2 (Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and West Baton Rouge parishes) | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Troy Brown |
|---|---|
Louisiana State Representative
for District 58 (Ascension, Iberville and St. James parishes) | |
| In office January 2012 – June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Elton M. Aubert |
| Succeeded by | Ken Brass |
| Born | May 20, 1953 Place of birth missing |
| Nationality | African American |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Patsy Sue Johnson Price |
| Residence | Gonzales, Ascension Parish |
| Alma mater | Grambling State University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Edward Joseph Price, known as Ed Price (born May 20, 1953),[1] is an African-American businessman from Gonzales, Louisiana, who is a Democrat state senator for District 2, a post that he assumed in June 2017. Previously, from 2012 to 2017, he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 58 in Ascension, Iberville, and St. James parishes.[2]
Background
Price graduated in 1975 from the historically black Grambling State University in Grambling in Lincoln Parish in North Louisiana. He is a supervisor at Diols Manufacturing BASF Corporation.[2] He has formerly resided in New Orleans and Darrow in Ascension Parish, dates unavailable.[3]
Political career
In the November 19, 2011, runoff election in House District 58 to choose a successor to the Democrat Elton M. Aubert, Price handily defeated his intra-party rival, Dwayne "Gully" Bailey, another African American, 4,816 (58.3 percent) to 3,447 (41.7 percent).[4] Two other Democrats, Heurlin Christopher "Chris" Delpit (born August 1959) and Gail Cherise Holland (born August 1964), both also of Gonzales, were eliminated in the nonpartisan blanket primary for the House held earlier on October 22.[5]
Representative Price was the vice-chairman of the Louisiana Black Caucus and a member of the Louisiana Rural Caucus, the Acadiana delegation, and the Democratic Caucus. He served on theseHouse committees: (1) Commerce, (2) Education, (3) Retirement, and (4) Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight.[2]
Price's legislative ratings have ranged from 36 to 67 percent from the conservative Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. Endorsed by the AFL-CIO, Price is ranked 100 percent by the Louisiana Association of Educators. In 2013 and 2014, the conservative Louisiana Family Forum]scored him 50 and 33 percent, respectively. In the House, he was rated from 75 to 100 percent by Louisiana Right to Life but did not vote on the 2014 requirement that abortion providers have hospital admitting privileges near their clinics; the measure passed the House, 88-5.[6]
In 2014, Price voted to extend the time for implementation of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, opposed by most conservatives. He did not vote on the issue of prohibiting the transportation of dogs in the bed of a pick-up truck on interstate highwa]s. In 2013, Price voted to reduce penalties for possession of marijuana. He opposed lifetime concealed carry gun permits and objected as well to the taking of weapons into restaurants. He supported making information about permit holders a matter of public record. He opposed allowing deductions on state income tax deductions to taxpayers who contribute to scholarship funds. In 2012, he voted to prohibit the use of telephones while driving. He opposed the reduction of the number of hours that polling locations remain open. Louisiana has traditionally had 14-hour polling days.[6]
Price won his state Senate primary on May 27, 2017, to fill the seat left vacant by another African-American legislator, Troy Brown, who resigned from the chamber to avoid expulsion for sexual harassment.[7] In the 2017 election, Price defeated Warren Harang, III, 63 to 37 percent.[8] Price's Senate seat encompasses all or part of eight parishes: Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and West Baton Rouge.
Price sought reelection to the Senate on October 14, 2023. With 21,018 votes (68 percent), he defeated a Democrat-turned-Republican, "Chris" Delpit, who drew 9,865 votes (32 percent).[9]
References
- ↑ Edward Price, 68 - Gonzales | Free Public Reputation Profile (mylife.com), accessed May 13, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Edward J. Price. Louisiana House of Representatives. Retrieved on April 21, 2015.
- ↑ Edward J. Price. intelius.com. Retrieved on April 21, 2015.
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 19, 2011.
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Edward J. Price's Political Summary. Project Vote Smart. Retrieved on May 13, 2022.
- ↑ Sen. Troy Brown resigns from La. State Senate (wafb.com), accessed May 13, 2022.
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Special Election Returns, May 27, 2017.
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14, 2023.
