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In March 2020, Lee finished second in a field of nine candidates in the non-partisan primary election by splitting the vote with seven other members of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref name="latmg">{{cite news|last1=Gutierrez|first1=Melody|date=5 November 2020|title=This Gen Z gig worker ran for office. Now he's California's youngest legislator|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-05/alex-lee-california-assembly-youngest-legislator-election|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="dtap">{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Don |title=California elects 25-year-old lawmaker, youngest in 82 years |url=https://madison.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/california-elects-25-year-old-lawmaker-youngest-in-82-years/article_2779e03a-29a2-541d-9cc1-1fa3aa6769ca.html |access-date=12 November 2020 |agency=Associated Press |date=6 November 2020}}</ref> He was endorsed by the [[Democratic Socialists of America]].<ref name="MercNews-2020Nov13">{{cite news |last1=Toledo |first1=Aldo |title=Young Democratic Socialist, progressive candidates sweep into office across Peninsula |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/11/13/young-democratic-socialist-progressive-candidates-sweep-into-office-across-peninsula/ |access-date=23 January 2021 |work=The Mercury News |date=13 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="SVDSA-2020electionupdate">{{cite web |title=Special Newsletter: Election Update |url=https://siliconvalleydsa.org/2020/11/15/2020-11-15-newsletter/ |website=Silicon Valley DSA |access-date=23 January 2021 |date=15 November 2020}}</ref> In the [[2020 California State Assembly election|general election]], Lee easily defeated the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] candidate who had finished ahead of him in the primary, Bob Brunton.<ref name="latmg"/> Upon taking his seat in the [[California State Assembly]] on December 7, 2020,<ref name="mnjg"/><ref name="sfc"/> Lee became the body's youngest member and the first born in the 1990s, as well as its youngest Asian-American member and its first openly [[bisexual]] member.<ref name="mnjg">{{cite news|last1=Geha|first1=Joseph|date=9 November 2020|title=Homegrown Alex Lee, 25, becomes youngest state legislator in decades|work=Mercury News|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/11/09/homegrown-alex-lee-25-becomes-youngest-state-legislator-in-decades/|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>
On his first day in office, Lee introduced a bill that would ban corporate donations to political candidates.<ref name="MercNews-2020Dec17">{{cite news |last1=Geha |first1=Joseph |title=Bay Area Assemblymember Alex Lee pushing bill to ban corporate donations to candidates |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/12/17/assemblyman-alex-lee-pushing-bill-to-ban-corporate-donations-to-candidates/ |access-date=23 January 2021 |work=The Mercury News |date=17 December 2020}}</ref> Lee has since introduced legislation in favor of increasing [[Public housing|social housing]] in California.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-11|title=Assemblyman Alex Lee's New 'Social Housing' Bill Would Put State in Development Business|url=https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/assemblyman-alex-lees-new-social-housing-bill-would-put-state-in-development-business/|access-date=2021-02-28|website=San Jose Inside|language=en-US}}</ref>
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