After one year in the North Carolina General Assembly, Rep. Renée Price is looking to continue her role in the state government.
Price, whose District 50 represents much of Orange County and all of Caswell County, is running for re-election in 2024, as she announced during a fundraising and birthday event on Tuesday, November 28. The Democratic state representative confirmed to Chapelboro that she filed in the election right as the filing period began on Monday.
Both in conversation with Chapelboro and recently during a legislative forum hosted by the Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro, Price said she is motivated to continue serving in the House to speak against legislative decisions made by Republican lawmakers. She cited changes in abortion law, voting rights, and public school funding as examples Price said she feels rolled back many of the rights North Carolinians have had in her lifetime. As a result, Price’s campaign slogan for 2024 is “Fighting for Our Rights.”
“I remain steadfast in the fight for our basic human rights, particularly among traditionally or historically marginalized and underserved people,” Price said in a release after filing.
In her first year representing District 50, Price was the primary sponsor on two bills, including one attempting to expand small housing construction in residential areas and another to allow the Caswell and Orange County school systems to have more flexibility with their school calendars. Neither made it past the House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House. Additionally, Price served on several House committees. They included: the Appropriations; Appropriations for Information Technology; Education for Community Colleges; Local Government Land Use, Planning and Development; and Regulatory Reform.
Price earned election to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2022, winning the primary election over Matt Hughes before winning the general election against Republican Charles Lopez in November with 59.3 percent of the vote.
Prior to that, Price was a long-serving member of the Board of Orange County Commissioners. She was first elected to represent District 2 in 2012, earned another term in 2016, and ran unopposed in 2020 before becoming the board’s chair.
“I truly enjoy working with and for the community,” said Price. “The opportunity to be a public servant in leadership is indeed an honor and a privilege which I appreciate and cherish.”
The filing period for North Carolina’s 2024 election cycle began on Monday and will run through Friday, December 15.
Photo via the North Carolina General Assembly.
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