Summer Lee is an American community organizer and politician.
Is Summer Lee a democrat or republican?
Summer Lee belongs to the democratic party of the United States.
She attended Pennsylvania State University where she graduated in 2009. She later earned a Juris Doctor from the Howard University School of Law in 2015. After graduation, she campaigned for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic primaries.
In 2018, she challenged incumbent Representative Paul Costa in the Democratic primary for the 34th district in Pennsylvania. She then defeated Costa by winning 67% of the vote.
She was approached about running by an organizer from Pittsburgh’s DSA chapter. This came after she led a successful write-in campaign for a school board candidate. Lee attributes her 67% win to grassroots campaigning.
In the general election, she was unopposed.
In 2021 the incumbent representative for Pennsylvania’s 18th congressional district, Mike Doyle announced his retirement. Afterward, Lee announced her candidacy.
Pennsylvania’s new congressional districts were chosen in February 2022. Lee then announced that she would run in the 12th congressional district. This includes Pittsburgh as well as parts of the Mon Valley and Westmoreland County.
