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| | + | '''Michael Shumway "Mike" Lee''' (born June 4, 1971) is mostly a constitutional [[conservative]], a constitutional lawyer, a [[paleolibertarian]], and is the senior Republican United States Senator from [[Utah]], having won the 2010 election, having been backed by the [[Tea Party Movement]] and the [[Senate Conservatives Fund]]. He scored a primary victory against incumbent Republican [[Bob Bennett]]. He promised to reduce the cost, size and scope of the federal government. His father was an Assistant U.S. Attorney General under President Ford and U.S. Attorney General under [[Ronald Reagan]]. Lee's legal career includes a one-year clerkship with Justice [[Samuel Alito]] at the U.S. Supreme Court. He and his wife Sharon have three children and live in Alpine, Utah. |
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| − | '''Michael Shumway "Mike" Lee''' (born June 4, 1971) is mostly a constitutional [[conservative]], a constitutional lawyer, a [[paleolibertarian]], and is the junior Republican United States Senator from [[Utah]], having won the 2010 election, having been backed by the [[Tea Party Movement]] and the [[Senate Conservatives Fund]]. He scored a primary victory against incumbent Republican [[Bob Bennett]]. He promised to reduce the cost, size and scope of the federal government. His father was an Assistant U.S. Attorney General under President Ford and U.S. Attorney General under [[Ronald Reagan]]. Lee's legal career includes a one-year clerkship with Justice [[Samuel Alito]] at the U.S. Supreme Court. He and his wife Sharon have three children and live in Alpine, Utah.
| + | Once a frontrunner to be nominated by a Republican president to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], Senator Lee hurt his chances by speaking out against candidate [[Donald Trump]] in October 2016. Trump then won the presidential election to the surprise of Utah [[Republican]] insiders, and passed over Mike Lee three times in filling vacancies. |
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| | ==External links== | | ==External links== |
| | *[https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/senators/one_item_and_teasers/Lee_Mike.htm Senate website] | | *[https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/senators/one_item_and_teasers/Lee_Mike.htm Senate website] |
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| | [[Category:Utah]] | | [[Category:Utah]] |
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| | [[Category:117th United States Congress]] | | [[Category:117th United States Congress]] |
| | [[Category:Non-Interventionist Republicans]] | | [[Category:Non-Interventionist Republicans]] |
| | [[Category:Pro First Amendment]] | | [[Category:Pro First Amendment]] |
| | [[Category:Libertarian Republicans]] | | [[Category:Libertarian Republicans]] |