# Ed Price

Ed Price is a Democratic member of the Louisiana Senate for district 2.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana Senate, district 2
- Serving since: 2017-06-16
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1899dc2e-bac6-4951-b3fc-87ea5e2d4969

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1899dc2e-bac6-4951-b3fc-87ea5e2d4969 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

100% of Price’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.44 (standard error 0.02), from 175 donors and 1,156 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 78% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,495 roll calls. Attendance 91.4% (Louisiana Senate 88%). Party unity 91.5% (93.6%). 19 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1547) · HB 1222 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Provides relative to grocery initiative grants and financial support (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note) · fail · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1222/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1571) · HB 75 GAMING: Creates an enhanced promotional play pilot program relative to net slot machine proceeds (EN -$574,627 GF RV See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB75/
- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1561) · HB 410 CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Requires notification of all parties to record in-person communication · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB410/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1558) · HB 944 HEALTH SERVICES: Creates the Louisiana Women's Health Consortium (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB944/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1562) · HB 750 CONSUMERS/PROTECTION: Provides for cancellation of automatic renewal subscriptions · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB750/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1496) · HB 755 PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Establishes indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity professional services contracting for design services for certain projects… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB755/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1502) · HB 1199 INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to health insurance coverage for genetic testing and the treatment of SCN2A-associated medical conditions (EN NO… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1199/
- 2026-05-28 · voted not voting · FINAL PASSAGE (#1515) · HB 690 EDUCATION: Provides relative to education service providers and vendors of educational products (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB690/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1498) · HB 797 BANKS/BANKING: Creates the Bayou Gold Program (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB797/
- 2026-05-28 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1499) · HB 1028 MEDICAID: Requires the Louisiana Department of Health to increase the reimbursement rates for nonemergency medical transportation providers (EN… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1028/

## Legislation (LA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 29 bills: 21 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 128. 62.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana Senate 50.5%; rank 10 of 38).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 185: PUBLIC WORKS: Creates the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk. (introduced, 2026-05-31) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR185/
- SCR 64: PUBLIC WORKS: Creates the Task Force on Construction Management at Risk (CMaR). (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SCR64/
- SB 457: PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides relative to the Construction Management at Risk project delivery method. (8/1/26) (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB457/
- SB 477: STATE EMPLOYEE RET: Provides relative to the retirement eligibility of the chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. (2/3-CA10s29.1(A)(3)) (gov sig) (EN… (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB477/
- SR 40: COMMENDATIONS: Recognizes and commends the members of the Louisiana School Boards Association and the 2026 board of directors. (introduced, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR40/
- SR 38: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Wednesday, April 15, 2026, as AARP Louisiana's Eleventh Annual Caregiver Day at the Louisiana State Capitol. (introduced, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SR38/
- SB 416: STATE EMPLOYEE RET: Provides relative to reemployment of retirees to fill critical shortage positions within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections,… (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB416/
- SB 407: CONGRESS: Provides for the redistricting of Louisiana congressional districts. (See Act) (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB407/
- SB 21: STATE EMPLOYEE RET: Provides relative to payments toward the unfunded accrued liability of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System and the… (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB21/
- SB 18: MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE RET: Repeals certain exceptions for retirement benefits of retirees who return to part-time employment in a position covered by the system.… (became law, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB18/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $22.7K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.la.gov/smembers?ID=2
- X: https://x.com/EdPrice1953
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edpriceforsenate/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatoredprice

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1899dc2e-bac6-4951-b3fc-87ea5e2d4969