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Former member of Congress · last served 117th Congress

Official portrait of Rep. David E. Price

David E. Price

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · North CarolinaHouse 1987–2023 (NC-4)

David Price was a Democratic U.S. representative from North Carolina, first elected to Congress in 1987, who voted with most Democrats on 96% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.

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69Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–117th Congress (excludes amendments)
2Passed a chamberof 62 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)
0Became law113th–117th Congress
23Broke with partyof 653 yes/no votes, 112th (3.5%)
4Missed votesof 658 roll calls, 112th (0.6%)
—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

5 most recent votes

5 most recent bills

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Price has won

Rep. Price has won 17 U.S. House elections (1986–2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.6 to 49.5 points.

010204060Margin of victory, points (axis starts at 0)1986, NC-4: won by 11.3 points1986NC-41988, NC-4: won by 16.0 points19881990, NC-4: won by 16.1 points19901992, NC-4: won by 30.9 points19921996, NC-4: won by 10.6 points19961998, NC-4: won by 15.9 points19982000, NC-4: won by 25.0 points20002002, NC-4: won by 25.0 points20022004, NC-4: won by 28.2 points20042006, NC-4: won by 30.0 points20062008, NC-4: won by 26.6 points20082010, NC-4: won by 14.3 points20102012, NC-4: won by 49.0 points20122014, NC-4: won by 49.5 points20142016, NC-4: won by 36.4 points20162018, NC-4: won by 48.3 points20182020, NC-4: won by 34.7 points2020
Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed
Elections won17 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed
Closest win: 10.6 points1996, NC-4
Won an open seat or took one from the other party2 of 17 elections (open seat or changed party)
Seat history, North Carolina’s 4th districtWinners, most recent three: Fred Heineman (R) 1994 → David E. Price (D) 1996–2020 → Valerie P. Foushee (D) 2022–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has North Carolina’s 4th district done while Rep. Price served?

2005 to 2011 in NC-4: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 3.2 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 1.3 points.

Typical household income · after inflationNC-4 $89.9KU.S. $70.8KNorth Carolina $61.6K
NC-4: $90.4K in 2005 → $89.9K in 2011
NC-4 about the sameNorth Carolina down 6%U.S. down 5%
Share of people below the poverty lineNorth Carolina 17.9%U.S. 15.9%NC-4 12.0%
NC-4: 8.8% in 2005 → 12.0% in 2011
NC-4 up 3.2 pointsNorth Carolina up 2.8 pointsU.S. up 2.6 points
Share of workers looking for a jobNorth Carolina 11.7%U.S. 10.3%NC-4 6.8%
NC-4: 5.6% in 2005 → 6.8% in 2011
NC-4 up 1.3 pointsNorth Carolina up 4.6 pointsU.S. up 3.4 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in North Carolina’s 4th district during Price’s time representing it (1997 to 2023). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Only one set of district lines is shown. NC-4 was redrawn in 2012, 2016, 2022 and again in 2024, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1997 to 2023.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

117th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 13 bills sponsored.

RecordBillsSource
Bills sponsored13Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement10See the 10 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed1See the 1 →
With a committee report listed2See the 2 →
Evidence
How counted
Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 117th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields
cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed
October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.