Lee led several local agricultural organizations and worked for the Houlong Township Office before seeking election to the
Legislative Yuan. Both Lee and fellow
Kuomintang member
Kang Shih-ju planned to run in the January 2008 legislative elections, and the party chose to back Lee. He was elected to the Legislative Yuan in January 2008, defeating
Democratic Progressive Party incumbent
Tu Wen-ching. A few weeks after the election, the Miaoli District Prosecutors Office charged Lee with vote buying. The Taichung bench of the Taiwan High Court upheld the ruling of the Miaoli District Court in December, annulling Lee's electoral victory. By-elections were scheduled for 14 March 2009, and the Kuomintang named Lee's wife Chen Luan-ing as its candidate. She lost to Kang Shih-ju, a candidate who had left the KMT to plan an independent campaign. In 2022, Lee served as acting mayor of
Sanwan, succeeding Wen Chih-chiang. ==Death==