You have likely heard the names Randy Boyd, Congressman Diane Black, Speaker Beth Harwell, Senator Mark Green regarding the 2018 TN Governors race in the Republican Primary.

But you likely have not heard about Bill Lee, a 7th generation TN decendant and CEO of Lee Company a company with more than $200 million in revenue last year and 1,100 employees.

Lee from Franklin, TN, has a non traditional route to being a candidate for Governor. Lee and his wife traveled over to West Knoxville tonight so that Lee could make his first speech as a potential Republican candidate to the West Knox Republican Club.

The videos below are dark, because the lighting at the Red Lobster in West Knoxville is not ideal. But hear from Lee himself below and check him out on Facebook here and Twitter here.