Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)
Bill Lee | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Lee in 2025 | |
| 50th Governor of Tennessee | |
| Assumed office January 19, 2019 | |
| Lieutenant | Randy McNally |
| Preceded by | Bill Haslam |
| Chair of the Republican Governors Association | |
| In office December 7, 2023 – November 20, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Kim Reynolds |
| Succeeded by | Brian Kemp |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Byron Lee October 9, 1959 Franklin, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
Carol Ann Lee
(m. 1984; died 2000) |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Governor's Mansion |
| Education | Auburn University (BS) |
| Signature | .png){kind=small} |
| Website | Office website |
Bill Lee (born October 9, 1959)[1] is an American businessman and politician. He is the 50th and current Governor of Tennessee. From 2023 until 2024, Lee was the Chair of the Republican Governors Association.
He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Tennessee in the 2018 election.[2][3][4]
Lee was the 7th congressional district’s representative to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. Lee had no active political positions while running for governor and was a cattle rancher.
As governor, he has signed bills to ban mask mandate and ranked-choice voting. He also passed one of the country's strictest abortion bans;[5] allowed guns to be carried without a permit; created school voucher programs; and increased penalties for protest-related offenses. Lee signed Tennessee's "bathroom bill"; and the Adult Entertainment Act, which banned drag shows in public.[6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Lee Company – Leadership
- ↑ Re, Gregg. "Underdog Bill Lee surges to win Tennessee GOP gubernatorial primary; pivotal Senate race takes shape". Fox News. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
- ↑ Epstein, Reid J. "Bill Lee Wins GOP Primary for Tennessee Governor". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
- ↑ Ebert, Joel. "Bill Lee wins Republican nomination for governor of Tennessee". Tennesseean. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
- ↑ Surana, Kavitha (2023-02-24). "Tennessee Lobbyists Oppose New Lifesaving Exceptions in Abortion Ban". ProPublica.
- ↑ "Tennessee governor signs first-of-its-kind bill restricting drag shows". NBC News. 3 March 2023. Archived from the original on March 3, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
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