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Spencer Price
Spencer Price was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 18 of the Georgia State Senate.
Price was previously a 2012 Republican candidate for District 18 of the Georgia State Senate.[1]
Biography
Price was born in Acworth, Georgia and grew up on a farm near Thomaston.[2]
- Upson County High School
- Mercer University in Macon, Bachelor of Science degrees in Business Administration and Biology
- Mercer University School of Medicine, Doctorate of Medicine degree
- Internal medicine residency at the Medical Center of Central Georgia
- Mercer's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics, Master of Business Administration degree
- Studied at Mercer's Walter F. George School of Law
Price practices emergency medicine in a central Georgia hospital.[2]
Elections
2014
- See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Georgia State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014, with a runoff election taking place where necessary on July 22, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. John F. Kennedy defeated Spencer T. Price in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[4][5][6]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
 John F. Kennedy |
56.7% | 9,197 |
| Spencer T. Price | 43.3% | 7,017 |
| Total Votes | 16,214 | |
2012
- See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2012
Price ran in the 2012 election for Georgia State Senate District 18. Price was defeated by incumbent Cecil Staton in the Republican primary on July 31, 2012.[1]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Cecil Staton Incumbent |
50.5% | 10,527 |
| Spencer Price | 49.5% | 10,324 |
| Total Votes | 20,851 | |
Ethics complaint against incumbent
On July 25, 2012 Price filed an ethics complaint against incumbent Cecil Staton.[7] According to a press release from his campaign, Price alleges that Staton participated in, and benefited from, a conspiracy to divert funds from the Georgia Republican Senatorial Trust to their campaigns.[7] Price also alleges that Staton received an in-kind donation in the form of campaign mailers from a political action committee also funded by the Georgia Republican Senate Caucus.[7]
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for "Spencer + Price + Georgia + Senate"
See also
- Georgia State Senate
- Georgia State Senate elections, 2014
- Georgia State Legislature
- Georgia State Senate District 18
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Georgia Secretary of State Elections Division, "Candidate List," accessed May 29, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Spencer Price 2012 Facebook page, "Info" accessed July 26, 2012
- ↑ Spencer Price 2012 "About Spencer" accessed July 26, 2012
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed March 10, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed May 28, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed November 13, 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 WMAZ 13 "Opponent Spencer Price Files Ethics Complaint Against Cecil Staton" accessed July 26, 2012
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