Source: WRAL, 1/14/19

 Longtime state Sen. Louis Pate, R-Wayne, resigned Monday, a few months after acknowledging health problems and a week since getting sworn in for another two-year term in the North Carolina legislature. The 82-year-old Vietnam War veteran and former Mount Olive mayor had started his ninth term in the legislature, going back to 1995. He previously served four terms in the House.
Pate said in October that an unspecified health issue had caused him to scale back campaigning for re-election in the 7th Senate District. Pate said in his resignation letter...

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