Political Campaigns
When 6th District incumbent Johnny Isakson declined to run for reelection in order to run for the U.S. Senate, Price entered the Republican primary for the seat. No Democrat even filed, meaning that whoever won the Republican primary would be virtually assured of being the district's next congressman. However, the 6th is so heavily Republican that any Democratic candidate would have faced nearly impossible odds in any event. He was opposed by five other candidates, including fellow state senators Robert Lamutt and Chuck Clay. Price was the only major candidate from Fulton County, while Lamutt and Clay were both from Cobb County. Lamutt and Clay split most of the vote in Cobb, allowing Price to win the first round with 35 percent of the vote. He then defeated Lamutt in the runoff with 54 percent of the vote, all but assuring his election to Congress. He has been reelected three times with no substantive opposition.
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