Edward Lee

R

Edward Lee is the Republican candidate for Assembly District 36. He describes himself as a longtime independent political activist who has organized cross-partisan candidate forums and debates in New York City.[8]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

In their words — priorities

  • Lee's Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey response focuses on government transparency and accountability and on advocacy work regarding individual cases he says involve wrongful conviction and elder abuse; it does not lay out a conventional legislative platform.[8]

Background

  • Lee says he has been a political activist for over 30 years and founded a project (unifiedplatformusa.com) intended to document areas of agreement among candidates across party lines.[8]
  • He says he has organized what he describes as New York City's only third-party and independent candidate debates.[8]

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Sources cited in this profile

  1. 8.Edward Lee - Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2026 Candidate's own words