Four Price
2011 - Present
2025
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Four Price (Republican Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 87. He assumed office in 2011. His current term ends on January 14, 2025.
Price (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 87. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Price earned a B.B.A. from the University of Texas-Austin in 1990 before attending St. Mary's University of Law for a J.D. which he completed, magna cum laude, in 1995.
Price is a co-managing shareholder at Irwin, Merritt, Hogue, Price & Carthell, P.C. In the past, he worked for Mullin, Hoard & Brown LLP, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, First National Bank of Amarillo as a senior vice president and general counsel, and the Honorable Mary Loud Robinson as a judicial law clerk and briefing attorney. He also worked as a commercial and corporate credit analyst.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Price was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Price was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Price was assigned to the following committees:
- Calendars Committee, Chair
- Natural Resources Committee
- Public Health Committee
- Redistricting Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Texas committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • General Investigating & Ethics |
| • Natural Resources |
| • Public Health, Chair |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Price served on the following committees:
| Texas committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Appropriations |
| • Calendars |
| • Human Services |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Price served on the following committees:
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| • Appropriations |
| • Licensing & Administrative Procedures |
| • Transparency in State Agency Operations (Select) |
2011-2012
During the 2011-2012 legislative session, Price served on the following Texas House of Representatives committees:
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| • Culture, Recreation, & Tourism |
| • Natural Resources |
Elections
2024
Four Price did not file to run for re-election.
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 87
Incumbent Four Price defeated Nick Hearn in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 87 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Four Price (R) | 87.1 | 32,924 | |
 | Nick Hearn (L) | 12.9 | 4,887 | |
| Total votes: 37,811 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 87
Incumbent Four Price advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 87 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Four Price | 100.0 | 15,298 | |
| Total votes: 15,298 | ||||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 87
Nick Hearn advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 87 on March 19, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Nick Hearn (L) |
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 87
Incumbent Four Price won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 87 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Four Price (R) | 100.0 | 44,412 | |
| Total votes: 44,412 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 87
Incumbent Four Price advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 87 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Four Price | 100.0 | 16,597 | |
| Total votes: 16,597 | ||||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 87
Incumbent Four Price won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 87 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Four Price (R) | 100.0 | 32,314 | |
| Total votes: 32,314 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 87
Incumbent Four Price defeated Drew Brassfield in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 87 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Four Price | 78.5 | 11,240 | |
| Drew Brassfield | 21.5 | 3,082 | |
| Total votes: 14,322 | ||||
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Overview of 2018 Republican primaries
The 2018 Texas state legislative Republican primaries featured conflict between two factions. One group was opposed to House Speaker Joe Straus (R) and his preferred policies on issues like education financing and property taxes. The anti-Straus wing included members of the Texas Freedom Caucus and organizations such as Empower Texans and Texas Right to Life. The other group was supportive of Straus and his policy priorities. The pro-Straus wing included incumbent legislators allied with Straus and organizations such as the Associated Republicans of Texas and the Texas Association of Business. To learn more about these factions and the conflict between them, visit our page on factional conflict among Texas Republicans.
The primaries occurred on March 6, 2018, with runoffs on May 22, 2018. There were 48 contested state legislative Republican primaries, outnumbering contested primaries in 2016 (43) and 2014 (44). To see our full coverage of the state legislative Republican primaries, including who key influencers were backing and what the primaries meant for the 2019 House speaker's race, visit our primary coverage page.
The charts below outline the March 6 primary races for the state Senate and the state House. They show how the factions performed on election night.
| Texas Senate Republicans | |||
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| Party | Before March 6 primaries | After March 6 primaries | |
| Pro-Straus | 2 | 1 | |
| Anti-Straus | 1 | 3 | |
| Unknown | 3 | 3 | |
| Open seats | 1 | - | |
| Runoffs | - | - | |
| Too close to call | - | - | |
| Total | 7 | 7 | |
| Texas House Republicans | |||
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| Party | Before March 6 primaries | After March 6 primaries | |
| Pro-Straus | 20 | 20 | |
| Anti-Straus | 4 | 9 | |
| Unknown | 2 | 5 | |
| Open seats | 15 | - | |
| Runoffs | - | 7 | |
| Too close to call | - | - | |
| Total | 41 | 41 | |
Primary we watched
This primary was one of 48 we tracked for the March 6 elections.
Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?
| Yes. |
What made this a race to watch?
| Drew Brassfield challenged state Rep. Four Price, an ally of House Speaker Joe Straus, in his primary. All candidates in this race signed the form committing to vote for the Republican caucus' choice for speaker on the House floor. Endorsements for Brassfield
Endorsements for Price
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Campaign finance
2016
Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[4]
Incumbent Four Price ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 87 general election.[5]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 87 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Four Price Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 38,067 | |
| Total Votes | 38,067 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Four Price ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 87 Republican Primary.[6][7]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 87 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Four Price Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Incumbent Four Price was unopposed in the Republican primary, and Abel Bosquez was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Price defeated Bosquez in the general election.[8][9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Four Price Incumbent |
84.3% | 19,714 | |
| Democratic | Abel Bosquez | 15.7% | 3,664 | |
| Total Votes | 23,378 | |||
2012
Price won re-election in the 2012 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 87. Price was unopposed in the May 29 primary and defeated Abel Bosquez (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Four Price Incumbent |
77.3% | 32,564 | |
| Democratic | Abel Bosquez | 22.7% | 9,567 | |
| Total Votes | 42,131 | |||
2010
Price won election to Texas House of Representatives District 87 in 2010. He defeated Victor Leal in the March 2 Republican primary. He then defeated Democratic candidate Abel Bosquez and Libertarian James Hudspeth in the November 2 general election.[11]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 87 2010 General election results | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Four Price (R)
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16,979 | 77.32% | ||
| Abel Bosquez (D) | 4,148 | 18.89% | ||
| James Hudspeth (L) | 830 | 3.78% | ||
Campaign themes
2022
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2020
Four Price did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2014
Price's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[12]
Faith
- Excerpt: "My Christian faith guides and directly impacts my public policy decisions. To do otherwise would be inconsistent with my Christian faith. It is the source of my strength and comfort whether life’s circumstances are difficult or peaceful.
Marriage & Family
- Excerpt: "I believe that marriage is not just a civil commitment, but also a sacred bond between a man and a woman. A marriage between a man and a woman who love, respect and support each other is most ideal to the nurturing of children into productive members of society.
Sanctity of Innocent Life
- Excerpt: "I believe it is essential in a civilized society to protect the most vulnerable – persons who are frail due to age or disability and persons who are alive in the womb but not yet born. I am unabashedly pro-life and believe that life begins at conception.
Capitalism Equals Freedom
- Excerpt: "Capitalism is the economic reason why America is the most free, prosperous and productive society in history.
2012
Price's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]
Border Security
- Supports Texas acting independently to secure the border.
Education
- Supports increased local control.
- Opposes any voucher system that diminishes funding otherwise available for public schools.
- Supports strengthening the community college system for those who do not want to pursue a four-year degree.
Fiscal conservative
- Opposes raising taxes to balance the budget.
Gun rights
- Supports strong 2nd Amendment rights.
Natural resources
- Supports local groundwater conservation districts over state-wide legislation.
- Supports a strong oil and gas industry.
- Opposes cap-and-trade laws.
Private property rights
- Supports private property rights, including in the context of eminent domain and water policy.
Pro-business/pro-agriculture
- Supports low taxes.
- Supports predictable regulation.
Pro-family/pro-life
- Opposes gay marriage.
- Pro-life.
- Opposes euthanasia.
- Opposes the embryonic stem cell research.
Voter identification
- Supports a sound voter identification program.
Sponsored legislation
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Noteworthy events
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University of Texas regent investigation
- See also: Wallace Hall impeachment trial
Price was one of the eight members of the Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations when it oversaw the investigation into a possible impeachment of University of Texas Regent Wallace Hall in 2013 and 2014. On August 11, 2014, the transparency committee voted 6-1 to censure Hall as opposed to impeaching him.[13][14] He was the first regent to have been censured by a committee of the Texas State Legislature.[15]
After he was appointed by Gov. Rick Perry (R) in 2011, Hall began looking into what he believed to be clout abuses within the University of Texas system. Hall investigated the university's forgivable-loans program, admissions policies, and preferential treatment to politically-connected individuals.[16] Hall, as an individual citizen and a regent, filed public information requests with the University system. In June 2013, the transparency committee began investigating whether Hall revealed protected information about students and exceeded his role as a regent in requesting large amounts of information.
Some supporters of the investigations into Hall, including state Rep. Lyle Larson (R), a member of the transparency committee, argued that Hall's actions were politically motivated. Others, such as University of Texas, Austin Public Information Office attorney Carol Longoria, said that his records requests were unreasonable and may have violated students' privacy.[17][18][19]
Critics of the proceedings, including Gov. Rick Perry and Hall, argued that legislators' efforts to remove Hall from office were politically motivated and that Hall acted in the best interest of the state in his efforts to investigate potential abuses. Several legislators were named in investigations into possible political favoritism in the University of Texas admissions process.[20][21]
In February 2015, an independent report by Kroll Associates, commissioned by the Regents Board, stated that there was a "pattern of special treatment for well-connected applicants to UT." While the report did not show evidence of any quid pro quo, it said that "extra acceptances were extended every year to accommodate special cases" and that the "President’s Office ordered applicants admitted over the objection of the Admissions Office."[22]
In March 2015, the Travis County Grand Jury concluded a six-month investigation into Hall, deciding not to pursue criminal charges against him but recommending that the state remove him from office. The jury stated that Hall's open records request deadlines were unreasonable and that he released confidential student information to the attorney general's office and his lawyer.[23] The state did not remove Hall from office; his term expired in February 2017.
Read more about the investigations into Hall's information requests and Hall's investigations into alleged clout abuses here.
Campaign finance summary
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Endorsements
2012
In 2012, Price’s endorsements included the following:[1]
- Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.
- Texas Farm Bureau AgFund.
- Texas Alliance for Life PAC.
- Texas association of Business (Business & Commerce PAC).
- National Federation of Independent Business/Texas SAFE Trust.
- Texas Association of Realtors.
- HOSPAC (Texas Hospital Association).
- TEXPAC (Texas Medical Association).
Scorecards
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2023
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In 2023, the Texas State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 29.
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2022
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In 2022, the Texas State Legislature was not in session. |
2021
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In 2021, the Texas State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 31.
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2020
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In 2020, the Texas State Legislature was not in session. |
2019
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In 2019, the Texas State Legislature was in its 86th legislative session from January 8 through May 27.
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2018
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In 2018, the Texas State Legislature did not hold a regular session. |
2017
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In 2017, the Texas State Legislature was in its 85th legislative session from January 10 through May 29. A special session was held from July 18 to August 15.
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2016
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In 2016, the Texas State Legislature did not hold a regular session. |
2015
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In 2015, the Texas State Legislature was in its 84th legislative session from January 13 through June 1.
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2014
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In 2014, the Texas State Legislature did not hold a regular session. |
2013
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In 2013, the Texas State Legislature was in its 83rd legislative session from January 8 through May 27. Thirty minutes after the regular session ended, Governor Rick Perry called legislators back for a special session starting that evening.[24] Two additional called sessions were held from July 1 through July 30 and July 30 through August 5.[25]
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2012
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In 2012, the Texas State Legislature did not hold a regular session. |
2011
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In 2011, the Texas State Legislature was in its 82nd legislative session from January 11 through May 30. A special session was called for May 31 through June 29.[25]
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Personal
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Price and his wife, Karen, have four children, Curry, Abby, Cody, and Brooke. Price is a fourth generation Texan.
Community service and involvement
Price served as the director of the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation, the Cal Farley's Boys Ranch Foundation, and the Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Center. He is the President of the Amarillo Area Bar Association. He is a former deacon of the First Presbyterian Church of Armarillo and a member of the University of Texas Ex-Student Association, the National Rifle Association of America, and the Texas State Rifle Association.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas House of Representatives District 87 |
Officeholder Texas House of Representatives District 87 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Four Price, "Campaign site," accessed May 24, 2014
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- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Representative Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History," accessed February 17, 2014
- ↑ fourprice.org, "Core Values," accessed February 13, 2014
- ↑ Dallas Morning News, "Panel censures but doesn’t impeach UT Regent Wallace Hall," August 11, 2014
- ↑ Austin American-Statesman, "Panel censures UT Regent Wallace L. Hall Jr.," August 11, 2014
- ↑ Austin Business Journal, "A first: UT regent censured," August 11, 2014
- ↑ American Spectator, "Transparency for Thee," October 25, 2013
- ↑ Dallas Morning News, "UT regent sought 800,000 documents, official says in impeachment hearing," October 22, 2013
- ↑ Houston Chronicle, "Pitts denounces UT regent’s document requests," October 22, 2013
- ↑ Alcalde, "Legislator urges Regent to resign," November 8, 2013
- ↑ Statesman, "Grand jury won’t indict UT Regent Wallace Hall but condemns his actions," updated September 25, 2018
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "Transparency Committee Votes to Censure UT Regent Hall," August 11, 2014
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, "Texas Admissions Rumble," February 12, 2015
- ↑ Statesman, "Grand jury won’t indict UT Regent Wallace Hall but condemns his actions," updated September 25, 2018
- ↑ kten.com, "Texas Lawmakers To Tackle Redistricting In Special Session," May 29, 2013
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Legislative reference Library of Texas, "Texas Legislative Sessions and Years," accessed June 13, 2014
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