Candidate · State Senate, District 7
Michael Lee
What this job does: Your district's vote in the N.C. Senate. Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, approve some of the governor's appointments, and can override the governor's veto with three-fifths of the vote. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, Senate District 7 (in the Senate 2014-2019 and since 2021); Senate Majority Leader (since 2025)
- Occupation
- Attorney
Background
- Bachelor's degree from UNC-Chapel Hill; J.D. from Wake Forest University. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Lawyer who started a law firm in 2012. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Appointed to the N.C. Senate in August 2014 to replace Thom Goolsby; served until January 2019. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Returned to the Senate in 2021 after defeating Harper Peterson in 2020. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Elected Senate majority leader in April 2025. source: en.wikipedia.org
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