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David Price

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 17, 1940 in Johnson City, TN

Education:

  • Attended Mars Hill College, 1957-1959
  • University of North Carolina, B.A., 1961
  • Yale University, B.D., 1964, Ph.D., 1969

Career:

  • Aide to Sen. Bob Bartlett, 1963-1967
  • Professor, Yale University, 1969-1973
  • Professor at Duke University, 1973-1986, 1995-1996



Election Results for David Price


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 45 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 32,098 48.3%
1986 45 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 92,216 55.7%
1988 47 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 131,896 58.0%
1990 49 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 51,122 91.3%
1990 49 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 139,396 58.1%
1992 51 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 171,299 64.6%
1994 53 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 2 76,558 49.6%
1996 55 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 157,194 54.4%
1998 57 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 17,282 86.6%
1998 57 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 129,157 57.4%
2000 59 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 56,896 89.2%
2000 59 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 200,885 61.6%
2002 61 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 132,185 61.2%
2004 63 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 217,441 64.1%
2006 65 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 39,637 89.5%
2006 65 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 127,340 65.0%
2008 67 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 265,751 63.3%
2010 69 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 155,384 57.2%
2012 71 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 259,534 74.5%
2014 73 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 169,946 74.7%
2016 75 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 279,380 68.2%
2018 77 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 52,203 77.1%
2018 77 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 247,067 72.4%
2020 79 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 153,322 86.7%
2020 79 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 332,421 67.3%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.




Ideology Data for David Price


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition
Party UnityPresidential
Support
Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1987 46 House 72 28 84 13 R 29 69 96 80 9
1988 47 House 71 24 83 14 R 28 68 97 75 24
1989 48 House 56 44 90 9 R 34 66 98 75 14
1990 49 House 48 52 92 8 R 24 75 99 61 21
1991 50 House 59 41 86 12 R 40 60 98 60 10
1992 51 House 52 48 91 8 R 25 74 99 89 13
1993 52 House 45 52 94 5 D 87 11 99 70 9
1994 53 House 50 50 93 5 D 83 15 98 78 5
1997 56 House 65 35 84 14 D 73 23 99 95 8
1998 57 House 64 31 86 13 D 77 23 99 95 8
1999 58 House 87 12 D 69 31 99 95 4
2000 59 House 90 10 D 80 20 97 85 4
2001 60 House 88 12 R 35 65 99 95 4
2002 61 House 93 7 R 39 61 99 95 0
2003 62 House 92 8 R 25 75 99 90 20
2004 63 House 89 10 R 42 58 98 95 12
2005 64 House 96 4 R 15 83 98 100 4
2006 65 House 92 8 R 32 68 99 95 4
2007 66 House 98 1 R 4 96 98 95 0
2008 67 House 99 0 R 16 84 99 100 0
2009 68 House 99 0 D 97 3 99 100 0
2010 69 House 99 0 D 95 5 99 95 0
2011 70 House 95 4 D 92 8 99 85 4
2012 71 House 97 3 D 90 8 99 90 4
2013 72 House 95 5 D 93 7 100 85 8
2014 73 House 97 3 D 97 3 99 90 0
2015 74 House 96 2 D 95 2 98 100 4
2016 75 House 95 2 D 98 2 96 100 0
2017 76 House 98 1 R 14 86 99 100 4
2018 77 House 97 1 R 30 70 97 83 4
2019 78 House 100 0 R 4 96 99 95 0
2020 79 House 99 1 R 6 94 99 85 4
2021 80 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 95 5
2022 81 House 96 1 D 97 0 94 3
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.



Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.



Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.



Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.



Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)



Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.



Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.