{{Short description|American politician (born 1943)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jan Lee | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | office = Member of the Sandy City Council | term_start = June 4, 2018 | term_end = December 31, 2020 | predecessor = Preston Farner | successor = Kathleen Walker | state_house1 = Oregon | district1 = 10th | term_start1 = January 8, 2001 | term_end1 = January 13, 2003 | predecessor1 = Lynn Snodgrass | successor1 = Linda Flores | prior_term = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|05|30}} | birth_place = Santa Barbara, California, United States | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = Republican {{small|(before 2001)}}<br>Independent {{small|(2001)}}<br>Democratic {{small|(2001–present)}} | spouse = | children = | education = Linfield College<br>Lewis & Clark College | alma_mater = | occupation = }} '''Jan L. Lee''' (born May 30, 1943) is an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2001 until 2003.
==Biography== Lee was born in Santa Barbara, California in 1943. She graduated from Linfield College in 1982, and received a Master of Public Administration from Lewis & Clark College in 1989.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/46423/jan-lee#.WHQURnfMy00|title=Jan Lee's Biography|publisher=Project VoteSmart|accessdate=January 9, 2017}}</ref>
Lee served on the board of the Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District from 1999 and remains on the board in 2025.<ref name=votesmart/> She was elected to the Oregon House in 2000 as a Republican,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=676899|title=OR State House 10 2000|publisher=OurCampaigns|accessdate=January 9, 2017}}</ref> but switched to become an Independent in June 2001. Regarding her switch, she stated, "There is still strong partisanship that stands in the way of bringing people together in the middle to form workable solutions. You cannot force someone to follow hard-line conservative beliefs that do not serve their community and do not reflect their values."<ref name=switch>{{cite news|last=Lednicer|first=Lisa Grace|newspaper=The Oregonian|title=Blaming "strong partisanship," Rep. Jan Lee of Clackamas says she'll become an independent|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater/Om44l27GcRU|date=June 6, 2001|accessdate=January 9, 2017}}</ref> She later switched to the Democratic party, and ran as a Democrat for the 51st district in the 2002 elections, where she was defeated by Linda Flores.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=68803|title=OR State House 51 2002|publisher=OurCampaigns|accessdate=January 9, 2017}}</ref> She currently serves as an officer of the Clackamas County Democrats.
On June 4, 2018, Lee was appointed to a vacant seat on the Sandy City Council.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pamplinmedia.com/sp/68-news/397052-291211-jan-lee-jean-cubic-to-fill-vacant-council-seats|title=Jan Lee, Jean Cubic to fill vacant Council seats|last=Allen|first=Brittany|newspaper=Sandy Post|date=May 30, 2018|accessdate=September 11, 2020}}</ref> She was later defeated by Kathleen Walker in the November 2020 general election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=November 3, 2020, Clackamas County Cumulative Results Report |url=https://dochub.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/ecb9d992-49f9-417a-b787-794382bc8aad |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=Clackamas County Clerk}}</ref> She currently serves on the city's Planning Commission and on the city's Budget Committee. She serves on the Clackamas County Budget Committee.
Lee was appointed by Oregon's Governor to the Oregon Water Resources Commission in 2022 and previously was appointed by the Governor to serve on the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board.
Personal life
Lee married Michael Weinberg, a 50 year friend, June 11, 2022. She resides in Sandy, Oregon.<ref name="votesmart" />
She has one daughter residing in Boise.
==See also== * List of American politicians who switched parties in office
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
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