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Lee Whipple earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Georgia Tech University. Lee lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

Lee currently works as a project engineer for Advanced Civil Engineering. He previously worked as a project engineer for Garner Engineering, a professional engineer for Brooks Engineering Associates and Wade Trim, and a civil engineer for various companies.

Lee Whipple's campaign for North Carolina U.S. representative, District 11, is his first time running for public office.

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Lee's campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives to represent North Carolina District 11 is his first run for public office.

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Advocates for a minimum wage calculated by a ratio of the state's electoral college votes to total electoral college votes to deal with inflation.

Supports favoring small independent farms by cutting regulations and providing incentives for organic farming.

Wants to make credit and insurance cheaper and more accessible for farms.

- Advocates for a minimum wage calculated by a ratio of the state's electoral college votes to total electoral college votes to deal with inflation.
- Supports favoring small independent farms by cutting regulations and providing incentives for organic farming.
- Wants to make credit and insurance cheaper and more accessible for farms.

Economy

As of January 2, 2026, Lee Whipple’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Safety

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Supports a single-payer healthcare system, with a slow phase-in to prevent abrupt job losses transitioning from the current system.

Supports using mobile clinics as a temporary solution to healthcare issues.

- Supports a single-payer healthcare system, with a slow phase-in to prevent abrupt job losses transitioning from the current system.
- Supports using mobile clinics as a temporary solution to healthcare issues.

Healthcare

Education

Wants to hold the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Trump administration accountable for failing to adequately respond to Hurricane Helene.

- Wants to hold the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Trump administration accountable for failing to adequately respond to Hurricane Helene.

Energy & the Environment

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Voting & Elections

Lee Whipple

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Advocates for a minimum wage calculated by a state's electoral college votes.

- Advocates for a minimum wage calculated by a state's electoral college votes.
- Supports favoring small independent farms by cutting regulations and providing incentives for organic farming.
- Wants to make credit and insurance cheaper and more accessible for farms.

- Your U.S. representative represents the interests of your district in the U.S. House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. North Carolina currently has 14 U.S. representatives.
- U.S. representatives can author, sponsor, debate, and vote on bills that become federal law.
- Representatives may serve on congressional committees. Committees focus on certain areas of policy, such as transportation, education, or labor. They may also run for higher positions within their party, such as the speaker of the house or majority/minority leader.
- Representatives are elected to two-year terms and there are no term limits. U.S. representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.
-  Representatives must be at least 25 years old, a United States citizen for seven years, and an inhabitant of the state from which he or she is elected. 