Michael V. Lee
Michael Vincent Lee is a Republican member of the North Carolina State Senate.
Lee was first appointed to office in August 2014 replacing Thom Goolsby.
He was re-elected at the November 2016 election for a second term, having defeated Democrat Andrew Barnhill 57.35% to 42.65%. He was defeated by Democrat Harper Peterson in the 2018 [North Carolina Senate election#District9|2018] election and defeated Peterson in a rematch in the 2020 [North Carolina Senate election#District9|2020] election. He was elected as majority leader in April 2025.
Lee holds a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at [Chapel Hill] and a Juris Doctor degree from Wake [Forest University].
As a lawyer, Lee started his own law firm in 2012.