I could sit at home and complain, or I could do something about it.

I’m Samuel Price. I build software for a living, and I’m the Democrat running to represent Cainhoy, Daniel Island and Hanahan in the State House.

Why I’m running

I’ve called Berkeley County home for the past 15 years, and this state for the past 30. South Carolina has had the same supermajority failing to support our state.

The issues

The last two times this seat was on the ballot, it had one name on it. This year it has two, and one of them is mine.

Samuel Price as a teenager beside his grandfather at a hunt camp, from a family print

Lexington

I grew up in Lexington, back when the school bus had to wait for tractors to cross the road. I helped on my grandparents’ vegetable farm and hunted with my grandfather. He taught me something I use every day.

You don’t guess. You learn how the thing works.

School

I delivered pizzas and packages through the College of Charleston, and I got to know the back roads of this state and its people. I developed software for the nursing college at MUSC that still helps save lives today.

Work

I spent years building software on government contracts, and I saw first hand how public money gets spent. My job is to fix problems, catch failures before they happen, and engineer the fix when they do. I’m also a nerd who plays video games, and I own it.

Family

I come from a Republican family, and I love them. I hunt, and I put in regular range time.

You don’t have to change parties to hire an engineer.

The job

The State House has plenty of lawyers and real estate folks, and they are about to make decisions about AI, data centers and Flock cameras for all of us. We need people who understand what they’re voting on.

I’ll read every bill before I vote on it, and you’ll get the truth of the matter in plain English.