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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">50th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Governor of Tennessee">Governor of Tennessee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />January 19, 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Lieutenant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Randy_McNally" title="Randy McNally">Randy McNally</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Haslam" title="Bill Haslam">Bill Haslam</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Governors_Association" title="Republican Governors Association">Republican Governors Association</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />December 7, 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kim_Reynolds" title="Kim Reynolds">Kim Reynolds</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">William Byron Lee</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1959-10-09</span>) </span>October 9, 1959<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 65)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Tennessee" title="Franklin, Tennessee">Franklin, Tennessee</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Carol Ann Lee</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1984; died 2000)<wbr /></div><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Maria_Lee" title="Maria Lee">Maria Lee</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2008)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Governor%27s_Mansion" title="Tennessee Governor's Mansion">Governor's Mansion</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bill_Lee_(Signature).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)'s signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Bill_Lee_%28Signature%29.png/128px-Bill_Lee_%28Signature%29.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Bill_Lee_%28Signature%29.png/192px-Bill_Lee_%28Signature%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Bill_Lee_%28Signature%29.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tn.gov/governor/about-bill-lee.html">Government website</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Byron Lee</b> (born October 9, 1959) is an American businessman and politician who has served since 2019 as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Tennessee" title="List of governors of Tennessee">50th governor of Tennessee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EbertAllison22_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EbertAllison22-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>, Lee was president and <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive officer</a> (CEO) of the Lee Company, a business operated by his family, from 1992 to 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, Lee described himself as a <a href="/wiki/Social_conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Social conservative">social conservative</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TNCom_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNCom-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As governor, he has signed bills to ban mask mandates and <a href="/wiki/Ranked-choice_voting_in_the_United_States" title="Ranked-choice voting in the United States">ranked-choice voting</a>; implemented one of the country's strictest <a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Tennessee" title="Abortion in Tennessee">abortion bans</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> allowed <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_carry" title="Constitutional carry">guns to be carried without a permit</a>; created <a href="/wiki/School_voucher" title="School voucher">school voucher</a> programs; and increased penalties for protest-related offenses. Lee signed Tennessee's "<a href="/wiki/Bathroom_bill" title="Bathroom bill">bathroom bill</a>";<sup id="cite_ref-bathroom_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bathroom-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a bill that assures continued taxpayer funding of faith-based adoption agencies that exclude LGBT people for religious reasons;<sup id="cite_ref-adoption_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adoption-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Adult_Entertainment_Act" title="Tennessee Adult Entertainment Act">Adult Entertainment Act</a>, which banned <a href="/wiki/Drag_show" title="Drag show">drag shows</a> in public.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>William Byron Lee was born on October 9, 1959. He was raised on his family's 1,000-acre (400 ha) cattle farm started by his grandparents in <a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Tennessee" title="Franklin, Tennessee">Franklin, Tennessee</a>, the Triple L Ranch; the family raises <a href="/wiki/Hereford_cattle" title="Hereford cattle">Hereford cattle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jett_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jett-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee is a seventh-generation Tennessean.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After graduating from <a href="/wiki/Franklin_High_School_(Tennessee)" title="Franklin High School (Tennessee)">Franklin High School</a> in his hometown,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee entered <a href="/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn University</a> in 1977 and graduated in 1981<sup id="cite_ref-Allison_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allison-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a bachelor's degree in <a href="/wiki/Mechanical_engineering" title="Mechanical engineering">mechanical engineering</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jett_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jett-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In college, Lee was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Kappa_Alpha_Order" title="Kappa Alpha Order">Kappa Alpha Order</a>, a fraternity known at the time for its use of <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Confederate States of American">Confederate</a> imagery, and a photo printed in the university's 1980 yearbook shows Lee in a Confederate military uniform at the fraternity's "<a href="/wiki/Old_South" title="Old South">Old South</a>" party.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, after his attendance came to light, Lee expressed regret for his participation: "I never intentionally acted in an insensitive way, but with the benefit of hindsight, I can see that participating in that was insensitive and I've come to regret it."<sup id="cite_ref-Allison_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allison-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lee was named president and CEO of his family's home services and construction company, Lee Company, holding the position from 1992 until 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-Jett_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jett-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TNCom_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNCom-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He briefly served as chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-TNCom_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNCom-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lee lives in <a href="/wiki/Fernvale,_Tennessee" title="Fernvale, Tennessee">Fernvale</a> with his second wife, Maria, whom he married in October 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first wife, Carol Ann, died in 2000 in a horseback riding accident.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After her death, Lee took extended time off from his construction company to raise his four children.<sup id="cite_ref-Jett_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jett-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> Lee previously served as a member of the board of trustees of <a href="/wiki/Belmont_University" title="Belmont University">Belmont University</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> chairman of the <a href="/wiki/YMCA" title="YMCA">YMCA</a> of Middle Tennessee,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> president of the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Builders_and_Contractors" title="Associated Builders and Contractors">Associated Builders and Contractors</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> and a board member of the Hope Clinic for Women and the Men of Valor <a href="/wiki/Prison_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Prison ministry">Prison Ministry</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jett_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jett-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gubernatorial_elections">Gubernatorial elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gubernatorial elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018">2018</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2018"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2018_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election">2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2018_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Final results by county" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/2018_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/350px-2018_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/2018_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/525px-2018_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/2018_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/700px-2018_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="206" /></a><figcaption> Final results by county in 2018:<div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E27F7F; color:black;"> </span> Bill Lee</div></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C21B18; color:white;"> </span> 80–90%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#D72F30; color:white;"> </span> 70–80%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#D75D5D; color:black;"> </span> 60–70%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E27F7F; color:black;"> </span> 50–60%</div> </li></ul> </div> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#7996e2; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Karl_Dean" title="Karl Dean">Karl Dean</a></div></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#6674de; color:black;"> </span> 60–70%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#7996e2; color:black;"> </span> 50–60%</div> </li></ul> </div></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bill_Lee_at_2018_Campaign_Event_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Bill_Lee_at_2018_Campaign_Event_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Bill_Lee_at_2018_Campaign_Event_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Bill_Lee_at_2018_Campaign_Event_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Bill_Lee_at_2018_Campaign_Event_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Bill_Lee_at_2018_Campaign_Event_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Bill_Lee_at_2018_Campaign_Event_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1137" data-file-height="1359" /></a><figcaption>Bill Lee at his campaign event in 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>In April 2017, Lee announced his candidacy in the <a href="/wiki/2018_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election">2018 election</a> for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Governor of Tennessee">governor of Tennessee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TNCom_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNCom-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A self-described <a href="/wiki/Social_conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Social conservative">social conservative</a>, he also targeted pro-business Republicans.<sup id="cite_ref-TNCom_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNCom-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary election</a>, Lee faced Congresswoman <a href="/wiki/Diane_Black" title="Diane Black">Diane Black</a>, Knoxville businessman and former Tennessee Economic and Development Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Randy_Boyd_(university_president)" title="Randy Boyd (university president)">Randy Boyd</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_House_of_Representatives" title="Tennessee House of Representatives">state House</a> speaker <a href="/wiki/Beth_Harwell" title="Beth Harwell">Beth Harwell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TNCom_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNCom-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TNWin_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNWin-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally considered a long shot, Lee rose in the polls as Boyd and Black launched <a href="/wiki/Negative_campaigning" title="Negative campaigning">negative advertising</a> against each other.<sup id="cite_ref-EbertAllison22_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EbertAllison22-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won the August 2 primary with 291,414 votes (36.8%) to Boyd's 193,054 (24.3%), Black's 182,457 (23.0%), and Harwell's 121,484 (15.3%).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lee defeated former <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Nashville,_Tennessee" title="List of mayors of Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville mayor</a> <a href="/wiki/Karl_Dean" title="Karl Dean">Karl Dean</a> in the November 6 general election,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> receiving 1,336,106 votes (59.6%) to Dean's 864,863 (38.6%).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This marked the first time since <a href="/wiki/1982_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election" title="1982 Tennessee gubernatorial election">1982</a> that a candidate from the incumbent <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">U.S. President's</a> party was elected governor of Tennessee. This is also the first time that Republicans won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in the state, and the first time that a Republican was elected to succeed another Republican. </p><p>As of 2024, this election had the largest number of candidates (28) in a statewide election in U.S. history; the previous record was the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="2016 United States presidential election in Colorado">2016 United States presidential election in Colorado</a>. This large surge in candidates was mostly due to the <a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Tennessee" title="Libertarian Party of Tennessee">Libertarian Party of Tennessee</a>'s protest of the state's party affiliation and <a href="/wiki/Ballot_access_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballot access in the United States">ballot access</a> laws.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022">2022</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2022"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2022_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election">2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2022_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Final results by county" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/2022_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/350px-2022_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/2022_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/525px-2022_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/2022_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/700px-2022_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="206" /></a><figcaption>Final results by county in 2022:<div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E27F7F; color:black;"> </span> Bill Lee</div></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C21B18; color:white;"> </span> 80–90%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#D72F30; color:white;"> </span> 70–80%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#D75D5D; color:black;"> </span> 60–70%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E27F7F; color:black;"> </span> 50–60%</div> </li></ul> </div> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#7996e2; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Martin_(American_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jason Martin (American politician)">Jason Martin</a></div></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#6674de; color:black;"> </span> 60–70%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#7996e2; color:black;"> </span> 50–60%</div> </li></ul> </div></figcaption></figure> <p>In September 2020, Lee announced his candidacy for reelection for <a href="/wiki/2022_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election">2022</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was unchallenged in the Republican <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary</a><sup id="cite_ref-Lollet_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lollet-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and endorsed in August 2021 by <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the November 8 general election, Lee was reelected, receiving 1,129,390 votes (64.9%) to <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee Jason Martin's 572,818 (32.9%). </p><p>During the general election, Lee flipped reliably <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Haywood_County,_Tennessee" title="Haywood County, Tennessee">Haywood County</a>, home to <a href="/wiki/Brownsville,_Tennessee" title="Brownsville, Tennessee">Brownsville</a>. It is one of only two remaining counties in Tennessee, along with <a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Tennessee" title="Shelby County, Tennessee">Shelby County</a>, with a majority <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African-American</a> population. Haywood County has not voted Republican on a presidential level since <a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1972 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1972</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Voter turnout</a> for the 2022 midterm elections in Tennessee was the lowest it has been in nearly a decade, with only 38.57% of Tennessee's <a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">registered voters</a> turning out. The last time turnout was this low in Tennessee was in the <a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_elections" title="2014 United States elections">2014 midterm elections</a>. This turnout was far below the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2020 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2020 presidential election</a> in Tennessee, which saw a turnout of 68.6%.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lee was sworn in on January 21, 2023. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tenure_as_governor">Tenure as governor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tenure as governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bill_Lee_swearing_in.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Bill_Lee_swearing_in.jpg/220px-Bill_Lee_swearing_in.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Bill_Lee_swearing_in.jpg/330px-Bill_Lee_swearing_in.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Bill_Lee_swearing_in.jpg/440px-Bill_Lee_swearing_in.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2005" data-file-height="2372" /></a><figcaption>Governor Bill Lee taking the oath of office in 2019.</figcaption></figure> <p>Lee was sworn in on January 19, 2019,<sup id="cite_ref-EbertAllison22_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EbertAllison22-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and delivered his first <a href="/wiki/State_of_the_State_address" title="State of the State address">State of the State address</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_General_Assembly" title="Tennessee General Assembly">Tennessee General Assembly</a> in March 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abortion">Abortion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Abortion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2020, Lee proposed a bill to <a href="/wiki/Abortion_ban" class="mw-redirect" title="Abortion ban">ban abortion</a> as early as <a href="/wiki/Six-week_abortion_ban" class="mw-redirect" title="Six-week abortion ban">6 weeks into pregnancy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legislation was among the nation's strictest abortion bans, and was similar to six-week abortion bans that were blocked by courts in Mississippi, Ohio, and other states.<sup id="cite_ref-Mattise_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mattise-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AllisonSigns_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllisonSigns-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Passed in the final hours of the General Assembly 2020 session on a <a href="/wiki/Party-line_vote" title="Party-line vote">party-line vote</a>, it was challenged in federal court by <a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood">Planned Parenthood</a> and the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union" title="American Civil Liberties Union">ACLU</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee signed the bill into law in July 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-AllisonSigns_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllisonSigns-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A federal judge immediately blocked its enforcement because it violated <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> precedent, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Roe_v._Wade" title="Roe v. Wade">Roe v. Wade</a></i>, which prohibits undue burdens on pre-viability abortions.<sup id="cite_ref-Mattise_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mattise-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/Dobbs_v._Jackson_Women%27s_Health_Organization" title="Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization"><i>Roe v. Wade</i> was overturned</a>, Lee supported Tennessee's near-total ban on abortion, which has no exceptions for rape, incest, or the mother's health.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee has said the ban provides "maximum protection possible for both mother and child", but it makes no explicit exceptions for the pregnant patient's health.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It makes an exception for an "affirmative defense" for emergencies, but the vagueness of that language makes physicians hesitant to perform abortions even when the mother's life is in jeopardy.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_care_and_leave">Health care and leave</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Health care and leave"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lee opposes the expansion of <a href="/wiki/TennCare" title="TennCare">TennCare</a>, the state's <a href="/wiki/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a> program, as allowed by the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-issues2_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-issues2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As governor, he has rejected <a href="/wiki/Medicaid_expansion" class="mw-redirect" title="Medicaid expansion">proposals to expand</a> TennCare.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee has supported calls from dentists to extend TennCare to pregnant women who need dental care.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2020, Lee signed an executive order effective March 1, 2020, that offered state employees three months' paid leave for new parents and caregivers of sick relatives. He called it "one of the most cost-effective investments in the families of our state employees in recent history".<sup id="cite_ref-Tennessean_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennessean-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Budget_and_economy">Budget and economy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Budget and economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2019, Lee proposed repealing Tennessee's 10% amusement tax on gym, fitness center, and health club fees, arguing that the tax discourages Tennesseans from being physically active. If enacted, the repeal would reduce state revenues by around $10 million.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2020, Lee supported a Tennessee delegation that traveled to Beijing to enhance trade and economic linkages between the state and the <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">People's Republic of China</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lee supports <a href="/wiki/Charter_school" title="Charter school">charter schools</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-issues1_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-issues1-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a March 2019 "State of <a href="/wiki/West_Tennessee" title="West Tennessee">West Tennessee</a>" address, he proposed creating more charter schools and that the state use $25 million to help traditional public schools when they lose students.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his February 2020 "state of West Tennessee" address, he proposed investing $70 million to equip teachers with professional development, materials, and other tools to help increase the state's literacy rate.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee has also promoted the GIVE program, which prioritizes learning opportunities in rural counties and enhances career and technical education statewide.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2019, Lee announced that Tennessee would temporarily reinstate paper-based assessments for students taking the TNReady test, an annual statewide assessment, during the 2019–20 school year.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2019, he signed into law a <a href="/wiki/School_voucher" title="School voucher">school voucher</a> bill that created a program to provide public funds to families for private school tuition and costs, starting in the 2020–21 fiscal year,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but a judge ruled the program unconstitutional in May 2020, before it could go into effect.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of $64 million in discretionary COVID-19 relief funding for education that went to his office, Lee sent $10 million to charter schools, including $4.4 million to launch new charters.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2019, Lee signed a bill into law that calls for school districts across the state to establish threat assessment teams to address potential threats to school safety.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2020, Lee proposed a $117 million investment to increase teacher salaries and a $250 million endowment to address mental health in K-12 education.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_relations_and_Floyd_protests">Race relations and Floyd protests</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Race relations and Floyd protests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2019, Lee signed an order proclaiming <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Bedford_Forrest" title="Nathan Bedford Forrest">Nathan Bedford Forrest</a> Day, as required by Tennessee law, celebrating Forrest, a famous Confederate general and the first Grand Wizard of the white supremacist group the <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" title="Ku Klux Klan">Ku Klux Klan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legislature repealed this requirement in June 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2019, Lee proclaimed December 1 <a href="/wiki/Rosa_Parks" title="Rosa Parks">Rosa Parks</a> Day, to commemorate the start of the 1955 <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_bus_boycott" title="Montgomery bus boycott">Montgomery bus boycott</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2020, after <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> police <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_George_Floyd" title="Murder of George Floyd">murdered George Floyd</a>, Lee condemned the officers involved, saying, "<a href="/wiki/Police_brutality" title="Police brutality">police brutality</a> is not law enforcement".<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 30, 2020, an "I will breathe" protest was held in Nashville in protest of Floyd's murder, during which a man set fire to the <a href="/wiki/Davidson_County_Courthouse_-_Nashville_City_Hall" title="Davidson County Courthouse - Nashville City Hall">Davidson County Courthouse</a>; the building was not severely damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, Lee mobilized the National Guard in Nashville, saying the protests had taken "a violent, unlawful turn".<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2020, Lee signed into law a bill<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> increasing the severity of penalties for a number of protest-related offenses. Notably,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it reclassifies camping on state property, after being warned of trespass, from a misdemeanor to a felony offense punishable by up to 6 years in prison. This means that anyone convicted of the act will also lose their right to vote, as <a href="/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement_in_the_United_States" title="Felony disenfranchisement in the United States">convicted felons in Tennessee are disfranchised</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, Lee signed a law allowing public officials to refuse to perform marriages that they oppose for "reasons of conscience or other religious beliefs", including refusing to perform interracial or interfaith marriages.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The law allows for "the possibility for couples to be refused marriage for a whole host of reasons, including their race, religion or national origin".<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Refugee_resettlement">Refugee resettlement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Refugee resettlement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2019, after President Trump allowed states to halt <a href="/wiki/Refugee_resettlement" class="mw-redirect" title="Refugee resettlement">refugee resettlement</a> in their states, Lee declined the offer and announced that Tennessee would continue to accept refugees.<sup id="cite_ref-APInterview_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APInterview-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ContinueAccepting_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ContinueAccepting-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee's decision was opposed by Lieutenant Governor <a href="/wiki/Randy_McNally" title="Randy McNally">Randy McNally</a> and Speaker of the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_House_of_Representatives" title="Tennessee House of Representatives">Tennessee House of Representatives</a> <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Sexton" title="Cameron Sexton">Cameron Sexton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ContinueAccepting_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ContinueAccepting-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During a 2020 trip to the <a href="/wiki/Tri-Cities,_Tennessee" title="Tri-Cities, Tennessee">Tri-Cities</a>, Lee was met with protests from opponents of refugee resettlement.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capital_punishment">Capital punishment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Capital punishment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lee supports <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Tennessee" title="Capital punishment in Tennessee">capital punishment</a>, and Tennessee has executed seven people since resuming executions in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-APInterview_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APInterview-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One notable person executed under Lee is <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Todd_Sutton" title="Nicholas Todd Sutton">Nicholas Todd Sutton</a>. He was sentenced to life after taking 3 lives from 1979 to 1980. While in prison, he saved one corrections officer's life, protected two others,<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and converted to <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_United_States" title="Christianity in the United States">Christianity.</a><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1986, Sutton took the life of another prisoner after he threatened to kill Sutton, who was then sentenced to death.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2020, he was executed after Lee denied clemency.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, Lee set a temporary <a href="/wiki/Moratorium_(law)" title="Moratorium (law)">moratorium</a> on Tennessee's death penalty, citing concerns about <a href="/wiki/Botched_execution" class="mw-redirect" title="Botched execution">botched executions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, he signed into law a bill that would impose the <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment">death penalty</a> on people convicted of child rape, but the law is unenforceable due to <i><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_v._Louisiana" title="Kennedy v. Louisiana">Kennedy v. Louisiana</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guns">Guns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Guns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2019, with the support of Republican state legislators, Lee loosened Tennessee's handgun law, allowing "concealed-carry-only" handgun permits to be obtained without requiring applicants to show an ability to fire a weapon.<sup id="cite_ref-Permitless_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Permitless-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2021, Lee signed into law a <a href="/wiki/Permitless_carry" class="mw-redirect" title="Permitless carry">permitless carry</a> bill; the legislation allows most adults 21 and older (as well as military personnel ages 18–20) to carry handguns (<a href="/wiki/Open_carry" class="mw-redirect" title="Open carry">open</a> and <a href="/wiki/Concealed_carry" title="Concealed carry">concealed</a>) without a background check or required training. It also increased the penalty for unlawful use of a firearm and obtaining an illegal firearm.<sup id="cite_ref-Permitless_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Permitless-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill, which Lee also supported the previous year,<sup id="cite_ref-Permitless_78-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Permitless-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was supported by the <a href="/wiki/National_Rifle_Association_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="National Rifle Association of America">National Rifle Association of America</a> and opposed by law enforcement organizations, such as police chiefs, sheriffs and prosecutors.<sup id="cite_ref-Permitless_78-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Permitless-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/2023_Covenant_School_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Covenant School shooting">Covenant School shooting</a> in Nashville on March 27, 2023, Lee did not initially call for any <a href="/wiki/Gun_control" title="Gun control">gun control</a>, saying: "There will come a time to discuss and debate policy. But this is not a time for hate or rage. That will not resolve or heal."<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee said that his wife Maria was close friends with two of the shooting victims and one of them, Cindy Peak, had been expected for dinner at the governor's mansion on the day of the shooting.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Four days after the shooting, with large protests in the state calling for reforms, Lee declined to say whether he would support gun control measures but did say that "individuals who are a threat to themselves or to others shouldn't have access to weapons."<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the wake of the scandals around the <a href="/wiki/2023_Tennessee_House_of_Representatives_expulsions" title="2023 Tennessee House of Representatives expulsions">2023 Tennessee House of Representatives expulsions</a>, which occurred after protests in favor of gun control, Lee signed an <a href="/wiki/State_executive_order" title="State executive order">executive order</a> on April 11 strengthening background checks for gun purchases and also called for the state legislature to pass an "order of protection law".<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 8, 2023, Lee officially called for a special session of the General Assembly to be held on August 21 to focus on public safety in response to the shooting.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_presidential_election">2020 presidential election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2020 presidential election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bill_Lee_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Bill_Lee_2020.jpg/220px-Bill_Lee_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Bill_Lee_2020.jpg/330px-Bill_Lee_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Bill_Lee_2020.jpg/440px-Bill_Lee_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1482" /></a><figcaption>Lee in 2020.</figcaption></figure> <p>After <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg">Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died</a> on September 18, 2020, several weeks before the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">presidential election</a>, Lee supported Trump's <a href="/wiki/Amy_Coney_Barrett_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination">nomination of Amy Coney Barrett</a> to fill the vacant seat, citing his position on abortion.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> defeated Trump in the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 presidential election</a>, Lee was one of many Republican officials nationwide who <a href="/wiki/Election_denial_movement_in_the_United_States" title="Election denial movement in the United States">refused to acknowledge</a> Biden's victory <a href="/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election">amid Trump's false claims of fraud</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Acknowledges_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Acknowledges-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DespiteNoEvidence_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DespiteNoEvidence-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Biden won a clear victory in both the popular and the electoral vote,<sup id="cite_ref-DespiteNoEvidence_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DespiteNoEvidence-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but Lee refused to recognize Biden as <a href="/wiki/President-elect_of_the_United_States" title="President-elect of the United States">president-elect</a> even after the election had been called,<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Joe_Biden" title="Presidential transition of Joe Biden">presidential transition</a> had formally begun,<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and after the electoral college had voted, formalizing Biden's victory.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 8, 2021, two days after a pro-Trump mob <a href="/wiki/2021_United_States_Capitol_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 United States Capitol attack">stormed the U.S. Capitol</a> in a bid to disrupt the <a href="/wiki/2021_United_States_Electoral_College_vote_count" title="2021 United States Electoral College vote count">counting of the electoral votes</a> and keep Trump in power, Lee condemned the riot and acknowledged Biden as president-elect.<sup id="cite_ref-Acknowledges_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Acknowledges-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Social_issues">Social issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Social issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lee identifies as a social <a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States">conservative</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TNCom_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNCom-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He emphasized his <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_United_States" title="Christianity in the United States">Christian faith</a>, creating an office devoted to faith-based initiatives, and declared October 10 an official voluntary <a href="/wiki/Days_of_humiliation_and_thanksgiving" title="Days of humiliation and thanksgiving">day of prayer and fasting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-APInterview_67-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APInterview-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LGBT_issues">LGBT issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: LGBT issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lee supports allowing religious foster care and adoption agencies to prohibit <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Tennessee" title="Same-sex marriage in Tennessee">same-sex married couples</a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_adoption" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT adoption">from adopting children</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2020, he signed into law a bill that assures continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies that exclude <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBT</a> families and others based on religious beliefs.<sup id="cite_ref-adoption_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adoption-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon</a> released statements opposing the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee signed legislation banning <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> athletes from participating in sports opposite to their biological sex, making Tennessee the third state to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2021, he signed a <a href="/wiki/Bathroom_bill" title="Bathroom bill">bathroom bill</a> that prohibited transgender people from accessing public school bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity.<sup id="cite_ref-bathroom_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bathroom-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2021, Lee signed legislation requiring businesses that serve transgender customers equally with restrooms to display warning signs that they do so.<sup id="cite_ref-metroweekly.com_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metroweekly.com-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LGBT activists, Democrats, and some Republicans criticized the bill as an attempt to shame and harm businesses.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-metroweekly.com_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metroweekly.com-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many businesses and business leaders threatened to leave Tennessee in protest of these bills.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union" title="American Civil Liberties Union">American Civil Liberties Union</a> sued to stop the law,<sup id="cite_ref-MattiseSue_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MattiseSue-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in July 2021, a federal judge granted a <a href="/wiki/Preliminary_injunction" class="mw-redirect" title="Preliminary injunction">preliminary injunction</a> blocking its enforcement, finding that it violated the <a href="/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="First Amendment to the United States Constitution">First Amendment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 27, 2023, Lee declared that he would sign the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Adult_Entertainment_Act" title="Tennessee Adult Entertainment Act">Adult Entertainment Act</a>, which bans public <a href="/wiki/Drag_show" title="Drag show">drag performances</a>; the first violation of the law would be a <a href="/wiki/Misdemeanor" title="Misdemeanor">misdemeanor</a>, while the second would be a <a href="/wiki/Felony" title="Felony">felony</a>. Lee's announcement came two days after photos of him dressed in drag at a <a href="/wiki/Powderpuff_(sports)" title="Powderpuff (sports)">powderpuff game</a> went <a href="/wiki/Viral_phenomenon" title="Viral phenomenon">viral</a> on social media platform <a href="/wiki/Reddit" title="Reddit">Reddit</a>. The 1977 high school <a href="/wiki/Yearbook#United_States" title="Yearbook">yearbook</a> photo shows Lee dressed as a female cheerleader, wearing a wig and pearl necklace.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee signed the anti-drag bill into law on March 2, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2023, a federal court blocked the law as unconstitutional under the <a href="/wiki/First_Amendment_of_the_United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="First Amendment of the United States Constitution">First Amendment</a>. The Tennessee attorney general has appealed the decision. In 2024, Lee signed a law allowing public officials to refuse to marry couples "for reasons of conscience or other religious beliefs", including same-sex couples.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marijuana_and_gambling">Marijuana and gambling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Marijuana and gambling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a candidate for governor, Lee opposed <a href="/wiki/Medical_marijuana" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical marijuana">medical marijuana</a> legislation and <a href="/wiki/Marijuana_decriminalization" class="mw-redirect" title="Marijuana decriminalization">marijuana decriminalization</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As governor, he continued to oppose marijuana decriminalization, saying in 2019, "I have said before and still believe that we should not decriminalize marijuana... I think that's not good for our state."<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An opponent of legalized gambling in the state, in 2019 Lee allowed a <a href="/wiki/Sports_betting" title="Sports betting">sports betting</a> legalization bill to become law without his signature.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="COVID-19_pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: COVID-19 pandemic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Tennessee" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Tennessee">COVID-19 pandemic in Tennessee</a></div> <p>On March 12, 2020, in response to the growing number of <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> cases, Lee issued an executive order declaring a temporary state of emergency in Tennessee to "facilitate the treatment and containment of COVID-19."<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He extended the "stay-at-home" mandate through April 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee issued further orders for a "limited continuing state of emergency" through 2020 and 2021 to facilitate the state's eligibility for federal economic aid, and allowed the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennessee National Guard">Tennessee National Guard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Guard" title="Tennessee State Guard">Tennessee State Guard</a> to continue to assist with COVID-19 response efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2020, as the number of COVID-19 cases grew, Lee urged school districts to close through March to prevent the further spread of the disease.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April, as the number of COVID-19 cases continued to grow, he asked all school districts to close for the remainder of the school year.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2020, after a member of Lee's security detail tested positive for COVID-19, Lee said that he and his wife would quarantine at home, likely for two weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Throughout the pandemic, Lee opposed a statewide mask mandate and "touted Tennessee for being one of the last to close early in the pandemic and among the first to reopen."<sup id="cite_ref-CasesSurge_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CasesSurge-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 28, 2020, Lee signed an executive order allowing gyms in 89 out of 95 counties to open on May 1.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By September, he lifted restrictions on businesses and gathering restrictions in Tennessee, except for the state's six most populous counties.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By April 2021, Lee declared that COVID-19 was "a managed public health issue in Tennessee and no longer a statewide public health emergency"; ended local authority on mask mandates in 89 counties; and called for remaining local restrictions to be lifted.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the highly contagious <a href="/wiki/SARS-CoV-2_Delta_variant" title="SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant">Delta variant</a> spread in Tennessee, Lee said that he had "no real concern" over it.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surged in Tennessee from July to August 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-CasesSurge_123-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CasesSurge-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tennessee's <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 vaccination in the United States">COVID-19 vaccination rate was among the lowest in the country</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KrusiMattise_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KrusiMattise-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee encouraged Tennesseans to get vaccinated, but opposed vaccine mandates and, amid the resurgence of COVID-19 cases, maintained that it was a personal choice whether to get vaccinated.<sup id="cite_ref-KrusiMattise_128-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KrusiMattise-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Yu_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yu-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also dismissed suggestions for a return to restrictions<sup id="cite_ref-Yu_129-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yu-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or offering COVID-19 vaccine incentives.<sup id="cite_ref-Yu_129-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yu-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lollet_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lollet-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, Lee blocked the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Department_of_Health" title="Tennessee Department of Health">Tennessee Department of Health</a> from reaching out to teenagers to encourage them to get vaccinated.<sup id="cite_ref-KrusiMattise_128-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KrusiMattise-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2021, his administration fired the state's vaccine chief, Michelle Fiscus, who had angered some Republican state legislators by promoting vaccination for eligible youth.<sup id="cite_ref-KrusiMattise_128-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KrusiMattise-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state Health Department stopped vaccination-related outreach to minors for all diseases, not only COVID-19.<sup id="cite_ref-KrusiMattise_128-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KrusiMattise-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee opposed offering vaccine incentives even as the Tennessee government spent nearly $500,000 to incentivize farmers to vaccinate cattle against respiratory disease as part of the "Herd Health" program, launched in 2019 under Lee.<sup id="cite_ref-Lollet_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lollet-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2021, Lee signed an executive order that allowed parents to let their children opt out of school mask mandates.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next month, Lee vowed to fight President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>'s plan to require COVID-19 vaccines for federal employees and federal contractors, as well as to require businesses with more than 100 employees to require vaccination or weekly COVID-19 testing; Lee asserted that the action was unconstitutional.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2021, Lee signed a bill into law that restricted the ability of localities to implement public health restrictions, such as mask mandates.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ELVIS_Act">ELVIS Act</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: ELVIS Act"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2024, Lee signed the <a href="/wiki/ELVIS_Act" title="ELVIS Act">ELVIS Act</a>, which was designed to protect musicians from unauthorized use of their voices by artificial intelligence technologies and against <a href="/wiki/Audio_deepfake" title="Audio deepfake">audio deepfakes</a> and voice cloning.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was noted to be the first such enacted legislation in the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Responses_to_natural_disasters">Responses to natural disasters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Responses to natural disasters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Trump_in_Tennessee_(49645603963).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/President_Trump_in_Tennessee_%2849645603963%29.jpg/220px-President_Trump_in_Tennessee_%2849645603963%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/President_Trump_in_Tennessee_%2849645603963%29.jpg/330px-President_Trump_in_Tennessee_%2849645603963%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/President_Trump_in_Tennessee_%2849645603963%29.jpg/440px-President_Trump_in_Tennessee_%2849645603963%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Governor Lee (far right) tours a tornado ravaged neighborhood in <a href="/wiki/Cookeville,_Tennessee" title="Cookeville, Tennessee">Cookeville</a> in 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>In July 2019, Lee toured damage in West Tennessee inflicted by flooding from the remnants of <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Barry_(2019)" title="Hurricane Barry (2019)">Hurricane Barry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_March_2%E2%80%933,_2020" class="mw-redirect" title="Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020">A series of tornadoes in Tennessee on March 2–3, 2020</a>, killed 25 people and injured 150. Lee oversaw the state recovery efforts and surveyed the damage in Nashville, visiting Germantown, <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_University" title="Tennessee State University">Tennessee State University</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cookeville,_Tennessee" title="Cookeville, Tennessee">Cookeville</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2024, Lee declined to declare a state of emergency as <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Helene" title="Hurricane Helene">Hurricane Helene</a> approached the state from the Gulf of Mexico with torrential rain, flash floods, high winds, and tornadoes. Instead, while catastrophic flooding was occurring in his state, he proclaimed September 27 a "voluntary day of prayer and fasting". Eventually Lee was persuaded to ask for a declaration and the federal assistance that would ensue.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Once he requested a declaration of a state of emergency, President Biden immediately granted it.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2020, Lee signed a bill making Tennessee's <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_nicknames" title="List of U.S. state and territory nicknames">official nickname</a> the "Volunteer State". The name originated during the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>, when Tennessee sent 1,500 volunteer soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, Lee appointed <a href="/wiki/John_DeBerry" title="John DeBerry">John DeBerry</a> as his senior advisor. DeBerry was a Democratic member of the state house whom the Tennessee Democratic Party removed from the 2020 primary ballot.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, Lee signed a bill into law that prohibits localities in Tennessee from using <a href="/wiki/Ranked-choice_voting_in_the_United_States" title="Ranked-choice voting in the United States">ranked-choice voting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018_election">2018 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 2018 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Tennessee gubernatorial Republican primary, 2018<sup id="cite_ref-auto6_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Bill Lee </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>291,414 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>36.75 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Randy Boyd </td> <td style="text-align:right">193,054 </td> <td style="text-align:right">24.35 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Diane Black </td> <td style="text-align:right">182,457 </td> <td style="text-align:right">23.01 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Beth Harwell </td> <td style="text-align:right">121,484 </td> <td style="text-align:right">15.32 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Kay White </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,215 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.41 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Basil Marceaux </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,264 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.16 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>792,888 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2018_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election">2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election</a><sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Bill Lee </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,336,106 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.56% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−10.75% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Dean" title="Karl Dean">Karl Dean</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">864,863 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.55% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+15.71% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DDDDBB; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><i>Other candidates</i> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42,314 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.89% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: white; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.00% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>2,243,294 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <p>*This election had 28 candidates total. </p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022_election">2022 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: 2022 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Tennessee gubernatorial Republican primary, 2022<sup id="cite_ref-GOPprimaryresults_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOPprimaryresults-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Bill Lee (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>494,362 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>494,362 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2022_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election">2022 Tennessee gubernatorial election</a><sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Bill Lee (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,129,390 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>64.91% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+5.55 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jason Martin </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">572,818 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.92% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−5.63 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DDDDBB; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Gentry </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,395 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.89% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DDDDBB; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Constance Every </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,277 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.59% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DDDDBB; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Deborah Rouse </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,772 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.22% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DDDDBB; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Tyler" title="Rick Tyler">Rick Tyler</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,380 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.14% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DDDDBB; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Charles Van Morgan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,862 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.11% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DDDDBB; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Basil_Marceaux" title="Basil Marceaux">Basil Marceaux</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,568 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.09% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DDDDBB; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Alfred O'Neil </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,216 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.07% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DDDDBB; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Scantland </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">815 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.05% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: white; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-In</a> </td> <td class="fn">Lemichael D. Wilson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">386 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.02% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: white; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-In</a> </td> <td class="fn">Charles Carney </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.00% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: white; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-In</a> </td> <td class="fn">Stephen C. Maxwell </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.00% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: white; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-In</a> </td> <td class="fn">Kameron Parker Scott </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.00% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,739,882 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,756,397 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.61% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−15.85% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">4,549,183 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nga.org/governors/tennessee/">"Gov. 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title="Tim Walz">Walz</a> (DFL)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Mississippi" title="Governor of Mississippi">MS</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tate_Reeves" title="Tate Reeves">Reeves</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Missouri">MO</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Parson" title="Mike Parson">Parson</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Montana" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Montana">MT</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Greg_Gianforte" title="Greg Gianforte">Gianforte</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div 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