Source: Lauren Horsch, NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/15/19 


State Sen. Louis Pate announced his retirement Monday, less than a week after being sworn in for his fifth term in the state Senate. “It has been one of the great honors of my lifetime to serve in the General Assembly for more than 16 years, having represented the citizens of Wayne, Lenoir, Greene and Pitt counties,” Pate, a Mount Olive Republican, wrote in his resignation letter to Gov. Roy Cooper. Pate, 82, served four terms in the House before being elected to the Senate in 2010. During the 2018 election, Pate announced that he’d be stepping away from the campaign trail after having health problems.

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