Mark Ashley Price (Michigan)

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Mark Ashley Price

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Last election

November 8, 2022

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Detroit, Mich.

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Wiccan

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Mark Ashley Price (Republican Party) ran for election for Wayne County Executive in Michigan. Price lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Price completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Price was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 2 of the Michigan State Senate.

On October 7, 2023, Price notified Ballotpedia that he had changed party affiliation from Republican to Libertarian.

On April 21, 2024, Price notified Ballotpedia that he had changed party affiliation from Libertarian to Republican.

Biography

Mark Price was born in Detroit, Michigan. Price was elected to the board of education for the Highland Park School District in 2020. His experience on the school board includes serving on the High School and Fundraising Committees. Price also has experience working as a City Charter Revision Commissioner for Highland Park, Michigan.

Elections

2024

Price ran for Highland Park Public Schools school board. Click here to learn more.

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Wayne County, Michigan (2022)

General election

General election for Wayne County Executive

Incumbent Warren Evans defeated Mark Ashley Price in the general election for Wayne County Executive on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Warren Evans (D)	71.7	444,727
		Mark Ashley Price (R)	28.1	174,222
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	1,481

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 620,430
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wayne County Executive

Incumbent Warren Evans defeated Mohammed Alam in the Democratic primary for Wayne County Executive on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Warren Evans	85.1	152,356
	Submit photo	Mohammed Alam	14.5	25,935
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	830

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 179,121
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wayne County Executive

Mark Ashley Price advanced from the Republican primary for Wayne County Executive on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Ashley Price	99.4	65,020
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	402

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 65,422
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2014

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Michigan State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 22, 2014. Incumbent Bert Johnson defeated Georgia Lemmons, Taras Nykoriak and John Olumba in the Democratic primary. Mark Price was unopposed in the Republican primary. Johnson defeated Price and Jeff Hall (I) in the general election.

Michigan State Senate, District 2 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bert Johnson Incumbent	71.6%	41,452
	Republican	Mark Price	24.8%	14,354
	Independent	Jeff Hall	3.6%	2,088
Total Votes				57,894

Michigan State Senate, District 2 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Bert Johnson Incumbent	63%	10,407
John Olumba	22.2%	3,663
Georgia Lemmons	10.5%	1,733
Taras Nykoriak	4.4%	721
Total Votes		16,524

2012

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2012

Price ran in the 2012 election for Michigan House of Representatives District 7. He ran unopposed in the August 7 Republican primary and was defeated by District 8 incumbent Thomas Stallworth, III (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 7, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Thomas Stallworth III Incumbent	98%	39,384
	Republican	Mark Price	2%	813
Total Votes				40,197

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Mark Ashley Price completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Price's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am Mark Ashley Price. I am a current School Board member and a former City Charter Revision Commissioner of Highland Park, Michigan. I was appointed to fill a vacancy on the City Charter Revision Commission by the other members and took office in October 2016. The proposal City Charter the commission made was passed in a special election in May 2019, in which I help bring term limits to Highland Park, Michigan as a City Charter Revision Commissioner. I was elected in November 2020 and took office in January 2021 as a School Board member of Highland Park, Michigan. I also have been active involve in the Republican Party for many years including (but not limited to) as a Precinct Delegate off and on since 2006 and the 2nd Vice Chairperson of the Republican Party of Wayne County, Michigan. I also was elected as a Precinct Delegate in 2018 in the Libertarian Party when the Libertarian Party was considered a "major political party" in Michigan in 2018. I am a Wiccan and a member of the LGBT+ community (I consider myself Bi-Gender and Bi-sexual). Libertarianism and Anarchism are my political ideologies, limited to no government.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Libertarianism
• Anarchy
• Limited to no government

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Limited to no government, more power to the people!!

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Donald J. Trump because he is the greatest President of the United States of America!!

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

To give more power to the people!!

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

To give more power to the people!! Limited to no government!!

What legacy would you like to leave?

Fighter for freedom!!

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