Lorene T. Coates

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name = Lorene Coates
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state_house = North Carolina
district = 77th House
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residence = Salisbury, North Carolina
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Lorene Thomason Coates is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the U.S. state's seventy-seventh House district, including constituents in Rowan county. [http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&nUserID=240 "Representative Lorene Coates (Dem)"] , [http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ North Carolina General Assembly web site] , Retrieved May 20 2007]

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". [ [http://www.lillianslist.org/legislators/index.html "Women in the Legislature"] , [http://www.lillianslist.org/ Lillian's List of North Carolina] , Retrieved May 20 2007]

Coates is currently (2007-2008 Session) serving in her fourth term in the state House. Coates is the Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation. She is Vice-Chairman of the Public Utilities committee and the Transportation committee. She is a member of the Agriculture; Alcoholic Beverage Control; Appropriations; and the Homeland Security, Military and Veterans Affairs committees.

On March 30, 2006, she gained distinction by being the first Democratic member of the House to publicly call for House Speaker, and fellow Democrat, Jim Black to step down from his post as Speaker following investigations of his misconduct. [ [http://www.newsobserver.com/644/story/423725.html "Democrat urges Black to step down"] , March 31 2006, [http://www.newsobserver.com/ The News and Observer] , Retrieved May 20 2007] Black later resigned from the House and pleaded guilty to a felony charge of public corruption. [ [http://projects.newsobserver.com/dome/profiles/jim_black "Jim Black"] , March 28 2007, [http://www.newsobserver.com/ The News and Observer] , Retrieved May 20 2007]

As of July 11 2006, she has introduced 127 Bills to the North Carolina General Assembly.

In 2006 she was awarded the Legislator of the Year award from the North Carolina Public Transportation Association. [ [http://www.nctransit.org/ North Carolina Public Transportation Association ] ]

In 2007 she announced her support for John Edwards for President. [ [http://www.johnedwards.com/news/headlines/20070515-women-for-edwards/index.html "Edwards Launches "Women For Edwards"] , [http://www.johnedwards.com/ JohnEdwards.com] , Retrieved May 20 2007]

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* [http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&nUserID=240 House Member Profile Page]