{"id":893942,"date":"2021-10-18T12:58:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T16:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=893942"},"modified":"2021-10-18T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T16:59:00","slug":"longtime-north-carolina-democratic-rep-david-price-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-north-carolina-democratic-rep-david-price-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime North Carolina Democratic Rep. David Price Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flongtime-north-carolina-democratic-rep-david-price-announces-retirement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=893942&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Democratic North Carolina Rep. David Price, who has served 31 years in Congress, will retire at the end of his current term, he announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not an easy decision but one I feel confident in,\u201d Price <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/longtime-congressman-david-price-to-retire\/19931554\/\">told<\/a> local WRAL News. \u201cI\u2019m very grateful for the people who have made this period of service possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.125\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking News: Longtime Congressman David Price to retire. Hear what he had to say about his legacy, what\u2019s next Only on WRAL-TV at noon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dsT2CUOIB4\">https:\/\/t.co\/dsT2CUOIB4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WRAL NEWS in NC (@WRAL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WRAL\/status\/1450118032425197578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Price, the dean of North Carolina\u2019s congressional delegation, was first elected in 1986, serving four terms before losing his seat during the 1994 midterm elections. He <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/David_Price\">won<\/a> a rematch against Republican Rep. Fred Heineman in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>A former political science professor at Duke University and Yale University, Price has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/a-scholar-politician-looks-at-congress-and-the-politics-of-the-post-trump-era\/2021\/04\/24\/4a93a55e-a518-11eb-a7ee-949c574a09ac_story.html\">published<\/a> four editions of a college textbook on Congress, \u201cThe Congressional Experience: An Institution Transformed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price, a longtime member of the House Appropriations Committee, is one of multiple long-serving Democrats who will retire after 2022. House Budget Committee chairman John Yarmuth, a Kentucky Democrat who has held office since 2007, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/12\/john-yarmouth-retire-before-2022-election\/\">announced<\/a> on Oct. 12 that he would forgo reelection. Wisconsin Rep. Ron Kind, first elected in 1996, will also retire. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/10\/ron-kind-retirement-wisconsin-district-trump-won-twice\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Ron Kind Will Reportedly Announce Retirement In A Wisconsin District Trump Won Twice)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Doyle, a long-time ally of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, is also <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburgh.cbslocal.com\/2021\/10\/18\/sources-u-s-representative-mike-doyle-to-announce-he-is-not-seeking-re-election-in-2022\/\">expected<\/a> to announce his retirement Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Long-serving members of Congress often announce their retirements when they expect their party to lose a majority. 23 House Republicans announced their retirements before the 2018 midterms, when Democrats picked up 41 seats, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/here-are-all-the-republicans-retiring-from-congress-in-2018\/\">according<\/a> to FiveThirtyEight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic North Carolina Rep. 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