Palos Township Republican Party
Elected Committeeman in March 2006, defeating incumbent Committeeman John Minogue. Since then, Lee has built on the party started by Anne Zickus and developed a party with an executive director, Deputy Committeemen and an organization to handle each city or village in the township.
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