Lorene T. Coates
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Lorene Thomason Coates (born January 13, 1936)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is an American former politician who served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the seventy-seventh House district, including constituents in Rowan county from 2001 to 2011.
A retiree from Salisbury, North Carolina, she worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She has hosted a weekly radio show and for twenty years wrote a newspaper column in the Salisbury Post.<ref>Women in the Legislature Template:Webarchive, Lillian's List of North Carolina, Retrieved May 20, 2007</ref>
On March 30, 2006, she gained distinction by being the first Democratic member of the House to publicly call for House Speaker Jim Black, a fellow Democrat, to step down from his post as Speaker following investigations of his misconduct.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref> Black later resigned from the House and pleaded guilty to a felony charge of public corruption.<ref>Jim Black Template:Webarchive, March 28, 2007, The News and Observer, Retrieved May 20, 2007</ref>
In 2007 she announced her support for John Edwards' presidential campaign.<ref>Edwards Launches "Women For Edwards" Template:Webarchive, My Direct Democracy Website, Retrieved 21 August 2011</ref>
Electoral history
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- After redistricting, Coates' House District changed from 35 to 77.
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- Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
- Women state legislators in North Carolina
- Living people
- People from Salisbury, North Carolina
- American columnists
- 1936 births
- 21st-century American women politicians
- American women columnists
- 21st-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly