Mordecai Lee

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Mordecai Lee is a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin State Senate.

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Biography

Lee was born on August 27, 1948, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1] He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Syracuse University. [2] Currently, he is a member of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He has also been a member of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. In 1990, he was named Executive Director of the Milwaukee Jewish Council for Community Relations.[ citation needed ]

Political career

Before being elected to public office, Lee was a legislative assistant for U.S. Representative Henry S. Reuss. Lee was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1976 and was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1982, where he served from 1983 to 1989. He was succeeded in his Senate seat by Tom Barrett. Lee is a Democrat, and frequently provides election analysis and commentary for many of Milwaukee's television and radio stations.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lee, Mordecai 1948". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  2. ↑ "Mordecai Lee". University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Retrieved 2011-11-06.


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