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==Later election results==
==Later election results==
Price entered the Texas State Senate as a result of a [[special election]] held in 1977 to fill the District 31 seat vacated by the Democrat Max Sherman, who resigned to become the president of West Texas A&M University in Canyon in Randall County. Price used the slogan "Price is Right for Texas." He held the seat for a partial term, 1978 to 1980. In the 1979 legislative session, Price along with two Republicans from [[Fort Worth]], Elizabeth Richards "Betty" Andujar (1912-1997) and Bob Ware, were included among the "Ten Worst Legislators" by ''Texas Monthly''magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/magazine/bestworst|title=Best and Worst Legislators (by year)|publisher=''Texas Monthly'' [[magazine]]|accessdate=September 15, 2011}}</ref>
Price entered the Texas State Senate as a result of a [[special election]] held in 1977 to fill the District 31 seat vacated by the Democrat Max Sherman, who resigned to become the president of West Texas A&M University in Canyon in Randall County. Price used the slogan "Price is Right for Texas." He held the seat for a partial term, 1978 to 1980. In the 1979 legislative session, Price along with two Republicans from [[Fort Worth]], Elizabeth Richards "Betty" Andujar (1912-1997) and Bob Ware, were included among the "Ten Worst Legislators" by ''Texas Monthly'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/magazine/bestworst|title=Best and Worst Legislators (by year)|publisher=''Texas Monthly'' [[magazine]]|accessdate=September 15, 2011}}</ref>
In 1988, when Republican U.S. Representative Eldon Beau Boulter (born 1942) of Amarillo ran unsuccessfully for the [[U.S. Senate]] against the Democrat [[Lloyd Bentsen]] of Houston, Price entered the primary to succeed Boulter but lost the GOP nomination to Amarillo businessman Larry S. Milner, a 1967 graduate of the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. The seat nevertheless went to a Democrat in the fall, State Senator William Clarence "Bill" Sarpalius (born 1948), who defeated Milner, 52.5 to 47.5 percent. Sarpalius had won the state senate seat that Price vacated in 1980 and served in that capacity until he was elected to the U.S. House.
In 1988, when Republican U.S. Representative Eldon Beau Boulter (born 1942) of Amarillo ran unsuccessfully for the [[U.S. Senate]] against the Democrat [[Lloyd Bentsen]] of Houston, Price entered the primary to succeed Boulter but lost the GOP nomination to Amarillo businessman Larry S. Milner, a 1967 graduate of the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. The seat nevertheless went to a Democrat in the fall, State Senator William Clarence "Bill" Sarpalius (born 1948), who defeated Milner, 52.5 to 47.5 percent. Sarpalius had won the state senate seat that Price vacated in 1980 and served in that capacity until he was elected to the U.S. House.