Christian Price has announced he is running for re-election as mayor of Maricopa.

He is currently in his third term. A partner in Sierra West Group, he was elected to back-to-back two-year terms in 2012 and 2014 and elected to a four-year term in 2016.

“There is so much work to accomplish, so much we want to get started,” Price said, who lives in Maricopa Meadows.

He said building relationships has been the focus of how he works to improve the city and its economic development.

Indicating the new commercial developments that have bolstered the city’s collection of transaction privilege tax, significantly in the past two years, he noted, “if you look at our sales tax rates for the past few years, you’ll see it’s paying off.”

He said when he first took office, he promised to work “day and night” for the City. That has amounted to 60-70 hours per week for a “part-time” job, he said. “That’s what’s required if we want to make a name for ourselves.”