David Price, the congressman representing North Carolina’s 4th district (which includes RTP and, for a time, DTR), is retiring once his term ends on Jan. 2023.
The former theologist and professor served for over 3 decades in Congress, and is the chair of the House subcommittee on transportation, housing, and urban development (which is a part of side of Congress that tells federal agencies how to use taxpayer money). That means he had a hand in making regional projects like Raleigh’s New Bern BRT into reality. He was also a big advocate on campaign finance reform and transparency in the NCAA.
Cary-based State senator Wiley Nickel has already raised $250k+ in a bid to take his place. We’ll see if he succeeds, though, since we don’t even know where our new congressional boundaries will be, yet.