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==Eight years in Congress==
==Eight years in Congress==
Price became involved in state Republican politics. He was a delegate to the state [[Republican Party|GOP]] conventions in 1964, 1966, and 1968. He was a delegate to the 1968 Republican National Convention]] in Miami Beach, [[Florida]], which nominated [[Richard M. Nixon]] and [[Spiro T. Agnew]] for president and vice president, respectively.<ref name=bioguide/>
Price became involved in state Republican politics. He was a delegate to the state [[Republican Party|GOP]] conventions in 1964, 1966, and 1968. He was a delegate to the 1968 [[Republican National Convention]] in Miami Beach, [[Florida]], which nominated [[Richard M. Nixon]] and [[Spiro T. Agnew]] for president and vice president, respectively.<ref name=bioguide/>
In 1964, Price made his first race in the 18th District by challenging the 14-year [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent, Walter Edward Rogers, who prevailed with 58,701 votes (55 percent) to Price's 48,050 (45 percent). Rogers had been initially elected to Congress in November 1950, when he unseated the short-term Representative Ben Guill. Price's showing was numerically the best that any Republican congressional candidate made in Texas in 1964, the year that native Texan [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] overwhelmed [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]].<ref name=congq>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections, U.S. House.''</ref>
In 1964, Price made his first race in the 18th District by challenging the 14-year [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent, Walter Edward Rogers, who prevailed with 58,701 votes (55 percent) to Price's 48,050 (45 percent). Rogers had been initially elected to Congress in November 1950, when he unseated the short-term Representative Ben Guill. Price's showing was numerically the best that any Republican congressional candidate made in Texas in 1964, the year that native Texan [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] overwhelmed [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]].<ref name=congq>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections, U.S. House.''</ref>