'''Paul Wesley Lee''' (born 1960) is a salesman from Dothan, [[Alabama]], who since 2010 has represented District 86 in the Alabama House of Representatives. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], his district is based entirely in Houston County in the southeastern corner of the state adjacent to the [[Florida]] Panhandle line.
Lee attended the [[Lurleen B. Wallace ]] Community College in Andalusia. He sells advertising for WDHN-TV in Dothan, the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate in southeastern Alabama. He has been the executive director of the nonprofit Wiregrass Rehabilitation Center, Inc., and was employed by Sony Magnetic Products, Inc. From 2005 to 2010, he was a member of the Dothan City Commission. He was formerly a member of the Alabama Municipal Electric Authority and the Wiregrass United Way. He is a member of Rotary International and the Logos [[Baptist]] Church in Dothan. He and his wife, Ellen, have a daughter, Elizabeth.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/71487/paul-lee#.We-v0rpFzb0|title=Paul Lee's Biography|accessdate=October 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name=ballotpedia/>
In 2010, Lee replaced Representative Benjamin Lewis as the Republican nominee for the District 86 House seat after Lewis was named to a district judgeship. Lee defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Merritt Carothers in the November 2 general election, 9,159 (58 percent) to 6,623 (42 percent). In 2014, Lee ran unopposed in both his [[primary election|primary]] and the general election.<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Paul_Lee|title=Paul Lee|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 24, 2017}}</ref>