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Coates files for re-election to N.C. House

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 12:00 AM | Printer friendly version | E-mail to a friend |

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By Karissa Minn

kminn@salisburypost.com

N.C. Rep. Lorene Coates, D-Rowan, filed for re-election Monday.

Coates is seeking her sixth term in the N.C. House of Representatives. She represents about half of Rowan County in House District 77.

"I feel blessed to be able to represent you in the legislature," Coates said in a prepared statement. "I know that it is a sacred trust, and I hope that I have represented you in a way that has made you proud."

She said the county has seen hard times as the economy has worsened and jobs have gone overseas, but it also has seen new opportunities for small businesses to fuel the local economy.

"We have made progress and gone from having the worst roads in the state to having road construction and new and repaired roads all over the county," Coates said.

She said there is still work to be done, including improving local schools.

"We have to make sure that Rowan County has opportunities for our children and grandchildren to stay here at home and be able to work here and raise their families here," Coates said.

Her permanent committees in the House are Agriculture, Alcoholic Beverage Control, Appropriations, Public Utilities, Transportation and Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity. Coates chairs the Public Utilities Committee and is the vice chairwoman of the Transportation and Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity Committees, as well as the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation.

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