Michael Lee (North Carolina county commissioner)
2024 - Present
2028
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Michael Lee (Democratic Party) is a member of the Durham County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina. He assumed office on December 2, 2024. His current term ends on December 4, 2028.
Lee (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Durham County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Lee was born in Sacramento, CA and has lived in many regions throughout the United States.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Durham County, North Carolina (2024)
General election
General election for Durham County Board of Commissioners (5 seats)
Incumbent Wendy Jacobs, Michael Lee, Michelle Burton, incumbent Nida Allam, and Stephen J. Valentine won election in the general election for Durham County Board of Commissioners on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Wendy Jacobs (D)  | 21.9 | 133,270 |
| ✔ |  | Michael Lee (D) | 20.0 | 121,515 |
| ✔ | Michelle Burton (D) | 19.7 | 120,055 | |
| ✔ |  | Nida Allam (D) | 19.3 | 117,194 |
| ✔ |  | Stephen J. Valentine (D) | 19.2 | 116,732 |
| Total votes: 608,766 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Durham County Board of Commissioners (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Durham County Board of Commissioners on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wendy Jacobs | 15.2 | 33,542 |
| ✔ | | Nida Allam | 14.2 | 31,225 |
| ✔ | Michelle Burton | 13.3 | 29,361 | |
| ✔ | | Michael Lee | 13.1 | 28,907 |
| ✔ | | Stephen J. Valentine | 9.5 | 21,007 |
| Brenda Howerton | 9.1 | 20,006 | ||
| Nimasheena Burns | 7.8 | 17,195 | ||
| Jovonia Lewis | 7.3 | 16,155 | ||
| Fredrick Davis | 7.0 | 15,457 | ||
| Renee Vaughan | 2.3 | 5,100 | ||
| Daryl Payton | 1.1 | 2,348 | ||
| Total votes: 220,303 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lee in this election.
2018
General election
General election for Durham Public Schools school board District 1
Incumbent Michael Lee defeated Pebble Lindsay-Lucas in the general election for Durham Public Schools school board District 1 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael Lee (Nonpartisan) | 56.7 | 3,776 |
 | Pebble Lindsay-Lucas (Nonpartisan) | 42.5 | 2,825 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 53 | ||
| Total votes: 6,654 | |||
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2014
- See also: Durham Public Schools elections (2014)
Michael Lee defeated incumbent Omega Parker and newcomer Thomas Poole for the District 1 seat in the general election on May 6, 2014.
Results
Lee won election to the board in 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Mike Lee |
60% | 3,433 | |
| Nonpartisan | Omega Parker Incumbent | 31.9% | 1,827 | |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas Poole | 7% | 398 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 1.1% | 64 | |
| Total Votes | 5,722 | |||
| Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "05/06/2014 UNOFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS - DURHAM," accessed June 2, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Lee did not report any campaign contributions or expenditures to the Durham County Board of Elections.[2]
Endorsements
Lee was endorsed by The Durham's People Alliance, The Friends of Durham, The Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People and INDY Week.[3][4][5][6]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michael Lee did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2014
Lee's campaign website listed his themes for 2014:
| “ | I think it is very important that EVERY child has opportunities to learn in a safe, exciting, and structured environment. It is important that each child (no matter the sex, age, race, background, religious beliefs) has access to technology, highly trained teachers, and active resources for their success. There are many issues and challenges facing our children, teachers, parents and educational systems and I feel it is very important to bring as many minds and backgrounds to the table to tackle them one-by-one.
My focuses are:
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| —Mike Lee's campaign website, (2014) | ||
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Campaign Website, "Mike Lee," accessed May 5, 2014
- ↑ Durham County Board of Elections, "2014 Organizational Disclosure Reports," accessed February 24, 2014
- ↑ Wes Plat, The Herdald-Sun, "People’s Alliance releases Durham endorsement slate," April 4, 2014
- ↑ Gregory Childress, The Herald-Sun, "Friends release political endorsements," April 2, 2014
- ↑ The Herald-Sun, "Durham committee offers candidate endorsements," April 5, 2014
- ↑ INDY Week, "Durham school board: We recommend a clean start this election," April 23, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Campaign website, "Mike Lee," accessed May 5, 2014
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