Working for You. Delivering Results. Making a Difference
Michael Lee
Michael Lee is lowering costs, strengthening education, expanding access to affordable health care, protecting clean water, and investing in the infrastructure New Hanover County relies on.
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Working for YOU
CNBC ranks North Carolina's economy No. 1 in America. That did not happen by accident. As Senate Majority Leader and a chairman of the Senate's budget committee, Michael helps write the budgets that produce results New Hanover County can see.
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Cutting your Income Taxes
North Carolina is cutting its income-tax rate in half, from 7.75% to a scheduled 3.49%, and Michael has voted for every single cut since joining the Senate and helped write the budget that schedules the next one. He has helped cut billions in taxes, and a married couple now pays zero state income tax on the first $25,500 they earn.
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Focused on student outcomes
For Michael, education is measured by whether students are learning. He co-authored the law that put the Science of Reading in every elementary classroom, and our earliest grades now outperform national benchmarks. As Senate Education Chairman, he helped write the newest budget's average 8% teacher pay increase and $48,000 starting pay.
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Protecting our Drinking Water
Michael authored the state's first GenX response within four months of the news breaking, and has authored a Water Safety Act in every term he has served since. The 2026 budget he helped write includes more than $100 million in PFAS response.
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More people with Health coverage
Michael served on a bipartisan committee on health care access, then voted for the 2023 law that expanded coverage to working families.
More than 650,000 North Carolinians have gained coverage.
Practical Priorities
Local Results.
Michael supports lower income taxes, a larger standard deduction, responsible budgets, and more competition in health care so families can keep more of what they earn in the state CNBC has repeatedly named America's Top State for Business.
Michael's focus is student outcomes: strong early literacy, competency-based pathways like SparkNC, real career training for every student, and competitive pay for the teachers who deliver results.
Michael worked across party lines to expand health coverage for working families, and he is removing outdated barriers so more providers can serve patients close to home.
Roads, water and sewer, drainage, schools, the airport, and coastal resilience all shape daily life. Michael is focused on planning and paying for the infrastructure a growing New Hanover County needs.
Michael has been a primary sponsor of Water Safety Act bills in every term he has served and continues to push for PFAS testing, treatment, research, and removal.
Michael supports law enforcement, first responders, school safety, and clear consequences for violent crime while investing in the people who protect our communities.
Meet Michael Lee
A local leader with a record of service.
Michael Lee is an attorney, husband, father of four, and New Hanover County's State Senator. He and Heidi raised their family in Wilmington. As Senate Majority Leader, Michael makes sure this county has a strong voice in Raleigh and uses that position to advance practical results at home.
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Help re-elect Michael Lee and keep practical, results-focused leadership working for New Hanover County.
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