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Lorene Thomason Coates (born January 13, 1936)〔http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84356557〕 served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the U.S. state's seventy-seventh House district, including constituents in Rowan county from 2001-2011. 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''.〔(''Women in the Legislature'' ), (Lillian's List of North Carolina ), Retrieved May 20, 2007 〕 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. Black later resigned from the House and pleaded guilty to a felony charge of public corruption.〔(''Jim Black'' ), March 28, 2007, (The News and Observer ), Retrieved May 20, 2007〕 In 2007 she announced her support for John Edwards for President.〔(''Edwards Launches "Women For Edwards"'' ), My Direct Democracy Website, Retrieved 21 August 2011〕 ==Electoral history== *After redistricting, Coates' House District changed from 35 to 77. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lorene T. Coates」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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