Wiley Price
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 84th district
Assumed office
9 January 2019
Preceded byKarla May
Personal details
Born (1984-04-27) April 27, 1984 (age 39)
Political partyDemocratic

Wiley "Chip" Edward Price IV (born April 27, 1984) is a former Democratic member of the Missouri General Assembly representing the State's 84th House district.

Career

Price, a marketing director, was elected unopposed in 2018 and 2020.[1][2]

Sexual misconduct allegations and censure

Price was accused of having a sexual relationship with a House intern, a violation of House ethics policy, and threatening his legislative assistant when she reported it to House staff. The House Ethics Committee found that Price committed perjury in his testimony to the committee, obstructed with the committee investigation, and retaliated against his assistant.[3][4]

On January 13, 2021, the House of Representatives formally censured Price by a vote of 140-3.[5][6] An amendment to expel Price failed to receive the required two-third majority. As a consequence of censure, Price was removed from all committee assignments, prevented from holding leadership positions, and banned from directly supervising staff or interns. Price was later expelled from the House Democratic Caucus.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Missouri Election Results - Election Results 2018 - The New York Times". The New York Times. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Wiley Price". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  3. ^ Schallhorn, Kaitlyn (2020-12-16). "House pursuing censure of Wiley Price for alleged 'inappropriate relationship' with intern". The Missouri Times. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  4. ^ "Report of the Committee on Ethics" (PDF). 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  5. ^ "Missouri House Votes To Censure St. Louis Rep. Wiley Price, Effort To Expel Fails". St. Louis Public Radio. 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  6. ^ "JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE - First Regular Session, 101st GENERAL ASSEMBLY" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  7. ^ Hancock, Jason. "Missouri Dems Expel Lawmaker Accused of Sex With Intern". Riverfront Times. Retrieved 2021-04-20.


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