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|birth_date=October 8, 1967

|birth_date=October 8, 1967

|birth_place=[[Amarillo]], [[Texas]]

|birth_place=[[Amarillo]], [[Texas]]

|office=Texas State Representative for<br> District 87 (Carson, Sherman, and Moore counties

|office=Texas State Representative for<br> District 87 (Carson, Potter, Moore, and Sherman counties)

|term_start=November 2010

|term_start=November 2010

|preceded=[[David Swinford]]}}

|preceded=[[David Swinford]]}}

==Background==

==Background==

Price graduated from Tascosa High School in Amarillo. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]] and a [[Juris Doctor]] from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio. He and his wife, the former Karen Diane Mayfield (born c. 1964), have four children, Brooke, Cody, Abby, and Curry, ranging in ages (as of 2012) from twenty-one to thirteen, respectively.Price advocates the placing of government "on a diet. It doesn't tax too little -- it just spends too much." If elected, he vows to bring the "voice of the Panhandle" to state government. His familial roots in the Texas Panhandle date to 1917, when his maternal great-grandfather, Jesse Benjamin Latham, settled his young family in Carson County before relocating to Amarillo.Price practices business and [[probate]] law with the Amarillo firm Irwin, Merritt, Hogue, Price & Carthel, P.C. He previously practiced with Mullin, Hoard & Brown LLP in Amarillo and with Fulbright & Jaworski in San Antonio. Price is a director of the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation, president of the Amarillo Area Bar Association, and a director of Cal Farley's Boys Ranch Foundation. He is a member and former deacon of the First [[Presbyterian]] Church of Amarillo. A former director of the Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Center, he is also a life member of the University of Texas Ex-Students Association. Price is an avid outdoorsman.<ref>Four Price campaign website</ref>

Price graduated from Tascosa High School in Amarillo. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]] and a [[Juris Doctor]] from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio. He and his wife, the former Karen Diane Mayfield (born c. 1964), have four children, Brooke, Cody, Abby, and Curry, ranging in ages (as of 2012) from twenty-one to thirteen, respectively.Price advocates the placing of government "on a diet. It doesn't tax too little -- it just spends too much." If elected, he vows to bring the "voice of the Panhandle" to state government. His familial roots in the Texas Panhandle date to 1917, when his maternal great-grandfather, Jesse Benjamin Latham, settled his young family in Carson County before relocating to Amarillo.Price practices business and [[probate]] law with the Amarillo firm Irwin, Merritt, Hogue, Price & Carthel, P.C. He previously practiced with Mullin, Hoard & Brown LLP in Amarillo and with Fulbright & Jaworski in [[San Antonio]]. Price is a director of the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation, president of the Amarillo Area Bar Association, and a director of Cal Farley's Boys Ranch Foundation. He is a member and former deacon of the First [[Presbyterian]] Church of Amarillo. A former director of the Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Center, he is also a life member of the University of Texas Ex-Students Association. Price is an avid outdoorsman.<ref>Four Price campaign website</ref>

In the general election held on November 2, 2010, Price handily defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Abel G. Bosquez, 16,978 votes (77.3 percent) to 4,145 (18.9 percent). The remaining 3.8 percent of the ballots went to the [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] James Hudspeth of Dumas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/nov02_154_state.htm|title=Texas general election returns, November 2, 2010|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 4, 2010}}</ref> Bosquez (born September 13, 1958) is a technician for Pantex, who had been unopposed for his party's nomination. In the primary election, Bosquez received 881 votes, whereas the Republican primary turnout was 11,521 ballots. Price serves with Republican colleague Representative John T. Smithee, also of Amarillo, who visited Price's home on the night of the primary election to offer support in the general election. "We had two outstanding candidates in this race, and I think either one of them would have done a super job. And you know Four has a good temperament and he has a hard work ethic, and he's really as honest as you can be."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newschannel10.com/global/story.asp?s=12076152|title=Four Price Wins Republican Primary|publisher=newschannel10.com|accessdate=July 15, 2010}}</ref>

In the general election held on November 2, 2010, Price handily defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Abel G. Bosquez, 16,978 votes (77.3 percent) to 4,145 (18.9 percent). The remaining 3.8 percent of the ballots went to the [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] James Hudspeth of Dumas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/nov02_154_state.htm|title=Texas general election returns, November 2, 2010|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 4, 2010}}</ref> Bosquez (born September 13, 1958) is a technician for Pantex, who had been unopposed for his party's nomination. In the primary election, Bosquez received 881 votes, whereas the Republican primary turnout was 11,521 ballots. Price serves with Republican colleague Representative John T. Smithee, also of Amarillo, who visited Price's home on the night of the primary election to offer support in the general election. "We had two outstanding candidates in this race, and I think either one of them would have done a super job. And you know Four has a good temperament and he has a hard work ethic, and he's really as honest as you can be."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newschannel10.com/global/story.asp?s=12076152|title=Four Price Wins Republican Primary|publisher=newschannel10.com|accessdate=July 15, 2010}}</ref>

After losing the primary, Leal endorsed Price in the fall campaign.Price also won the special election held simultaneously with the general election for the remaining weeks in Swinford's term. In September 2011, Speaker [[Joe Straus]] of [[San Antonio]] appointed Price to the Energy Council, a legislative body of members from eleven states, five [[Canada|Canadian]] provinces, and [[Venezuela]]. The council discusses energy policies and exchanges ideas regarding energy production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2011-09-02/speaker-appoints-four-price-energy-council|title=Enrique Rangel, "Speaker appoints Four Price to Energy Council," September 2, 2011|publisher=amarillo.com|accessdate=November 14, 2011}}</ref>

After losing the primary, Leal endorsed Price in the fall campaign.Price also won the special election held simultaneously with the general election for the remaining weeks in Swinford's term. In September 2011, Speaker [[Joe Straus]] of San Antonio appointed Price to the Energy Council, a legislative body of members from eleven states, five [[Canada|Canadian]] provinces, and [[Venezuela]]. The council discusses energy policies and exchanges ideas regarding energy production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2011-09-02/speaker-appoints-four-price-energy-council|title=Enrique Rangel, "Speaker appoints Four Price to Energy Council," September 2, 2011|publisher=amarillo.com|accessdate=November 14, 2011}}</ref>

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