Lorene T. Coates
Member of the
North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 2001 – January 1, 2011
Preceded byCharlotte Ancher Gardner
Succeeded byHarry Warren
Constituency35th District (2001-2003)
77th District (2003-2011)
Personal details
Born (1936-01-13) January 13, 1936
Rowan County, North Carolina
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceSalisbury, North Carolina
OccupationRetired

Lorene Thomason Coates (born January 13, 1936)[1][2] 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.[3]

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.[4] Black later resigned from the House and pleaded guilty to a felony charge of public corruption.[5]

In 2007 she announced her support for John Edwards' presidential campaign.[6]

Electoral history

North Carolina House District 35 General Election 2000[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lorene T. Coates 11,026 52.04
Republican Charlotte A. Gardner 10,163 47.96
Majority 863 4.07
Total votes 21,189 100.00
  • After redistricting, Coates' House District changed from 35 to 77.
North Carolina House District 77 General Election 2002[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lorene T. Coates 9,886 55.02
Republican Charlotte A. Gardner 8,081 44.98
Majority 1804 10.05
Total votes 17,967 100.00
North Carolina House District 77 General Election 2004[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lorene T. Coates 15,026 60.64
Republican Mac Butner 9,751 39.36
Majority 5275 21.29
Total votes 24,777 100.00
North Carolina House District 77 General Election 2006[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lorene T. Coates 8,279 61.68
Republican Susan Morris 5,144 38.32
Majority 3135 23.36
Total votes 13,423 100.00
North Carolina House District 77 General Election 2008[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lorene T. Coates 20,050 66.85
Republican Ada M. Fisher 9,942 33.15
Majority 10108 33.70
Total votes 29,992 100.00
North Carolina House District 77 General Election 2010[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Harry Warren 9,117 50.46
Democratic Lorene T. Coates 8,951 49.54
Majority 166 0.92
Total votes 18,068 100.00

References

  1. ↑ "Lorene Thomason Coates (1936-unknown) - Find A". Find a Grave.
  2. ↑ "North Carolina manual [serial]".
  3. ↑ Women in the Legislature Archived 2007-08-22 at the Wayback Machine, Lillian's List of North Carolina, Retrieved May 20, 2007
  4. ↑ "Democrat Urges Black to Step Down". Raleigh News & Observer. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
  5. ↑ Jim Black Archived 2007-05-09 at the Wayback Machine, March 28, 2007, The News and Observer, Retrieved May 20, 2007
  6. ↑ Edwards Launches "Women For Edwards" Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, My Direct Democracy Website, Retrieved 21 August 2011
  7. ↑ "NC General Election Results 2000". NC State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 28 November 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "NC General Election Results 2002". NC State Board of Elections. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  9. ↑ "NC General Election Results 2004". NC State Board of Elections. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  10. ↑ "NC General Election Results 2006". NC State Board of Elections. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  11. ↑ "NC General Election Results 2008". NC State Board of Elections. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  12. ↑ "NC General Election Results 2010". NC State Board of Elections. Retrieved 21 August 2011.


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