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Why Tom Price may be keeping his options open for 2018

U.S. Rep. Tom Price. AJC file

Credit: Greg Bluestein

Credit: Greg Bluestein

U.S. Rep. Tom Price. AJC file
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June 29, 2016

A little birdie sent us over a handy spreadsheet on Tuesday afternoon. The subject line: "Guess who?"

Open the spreadsheet and you'll find about $75,000 in contributions to a range of Republican lawmakers. State Sen. Jeff Mullis, Fran Millar and Bill Cowsert are on the list. So are House Speaker David Ralston and a gaggle of his lieutenants.

The donor: Rep. Tom Price. The suggestion from our source: The Roswell Republican is keeping his options open for the 2018 governor's race.

Read more about how the 2018 race is already taking shape here.

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Greg Bluestein is the Atlanta Journal Constitution's chief political reporter. He is also an author, TV analyst and co-host of the Politically Georgia podcast.

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