# Randy Price

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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Randy Price
| state_senate        = Alabama
| district            = [13th](/source/Alabama's_13th_Senate_district)
| term_start          = November 7, 2018
| preceded            = [Gerald Dial](/source/Gerald_Dial)
| succeeded           = 
| birth_date          = {{birth year and age|1957}}
| birth_place         = 
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| spouse              = Oline
| children            = 2
| profession          = Businessman, farmer
| alma_mater          = [Troy State University](/source/Troy_State_University)
| party               = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))|
}}

'''Randy Price''' (born 1957) is a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) member of the [Alabama Senate](/source/Alabama_Senate), representing the [13th District](/source/Alabama's_13th_Senate_district) since 2018. He is a former [Lee County, Alabama](/source/Lee_County%2C_Alabama) commissioner and chairman of the Lee County Republican Executive Committee. He also ran unsuccessfully for the [Alabama House of Representatives](/source/Alabama_House_of_Representatives) in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oanow.com/news/state/opelika-resident-randy-price-running-for-alabama-house-seat/article_b4908570-3695-11e3-b2d5-0019bb30f31a.html |title=Opelika resident Randy Price running for Alabama House seat &#124; State News |publisher=oanow.com |date=2013-10-16 |accessdate=2019-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://yellowhammernews.com/opelikas-randy-price-will-run-for-alabama-senate-dbruce/ |title=Opelika's Randy Price Will Run for Alabama Senate |publisher=Yellowhammer News |date=2017-08-29 |accessdate=2019-02-08}}</ref> Price resides in [Opelika, Alabama](/source/Opelika%2C_Alabama) and is a small business owner and farmer.<ref>{{cite web|author=Parker Branton |url=http://www.wtvm.com/story/38533909/opelika-native-randy-price-clay-countys-mike-sparks-prepare-for-july-runoff/ |title=Opelika Native Randy Price, Clay County's Mike Sparks prepare for July runoff |publisher=Wtvm.com |date=2018-06-28 |accessdate=2019-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oanow.com/news/auburn/opelika-s-randy-price-announces-candidacy-for-state-senate/article_c73c67a2-8c6d-11e7-a28d-9b3c00dd101d.html |title=Opelika's Randy Price announces candidacy for state Senate &#124; Auburn |publisher=oanow.com |date=2017-08-29 |accessdate=2019-02-08}}</ref> He is married to Oline, who is the revenue commissioner of Lee County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.auburnvillager.com/news/state-house-district-republican-primary-randy-price/article_5ecd2890-db82-11e3-bd4c-0017a43b2370.html |title=State House District 38 Republican Primary: Randy Price &#124; News |publisher=auburnvillager.com |date=2014-05-14 |accessdate=2019-02-08}}</ref>

On July 12, 2020, it was announced that Price was hospitalized at East Alabama Medical Center due to [COVID-19](/source/Coronavirus_disease_2019), becoming the first Alabama legislator to be diagnosed with the virus.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-12|title=Alabama State Senator Randy Price In ICU With COVID-19|url=https://www.bamapolitics.com/54972/alabama-state-senator-randy-price-in-icu-with-covid-19/|access-date=2020-07-14|website=Bama Politics|language=en}}</ref>  After a lengthy hospital stay Senator Price was released to go home. He endured a long, difficult recovery. He has since returned to normal work and family life.

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