Collene Lamonte is a Democratic politician from

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who served in the

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. Prior to her election to the Legislature, Lamonte was a high school math and science teacher for the Muskegon Public Schools.State Rep. Collene Lamonte , Biography
In

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, she lost her re-election bid to Holly Hughes, whom she had defeated in

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, by only 58 votes. They faced each other again in

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with Hughes winning by an increased margin. In

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she ran for the open 34th Senate seat, however she was upset in the Democratic primary by first time candidate Poppy Sias-Hernandez. Coincidentally, her old rival Hughes also lost in the primary for the same seat.

References

Living people Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives Women state legislators in Michigan People from Montague, Michigan Year of birth missing (living people) Schoolteachers from Michigan American women educators 21st-century American women {{Michigan-politician-stub