Lorraine Fende (born August 15, 1956) is currently County Treasurer for Lake County, Ohio.
Previously she was a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 62nd District.Fende served as a councilwoman and mayor in Willowick, Ohio.
She was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2004 when she won the seat of Republican Jamie Callender who was restricted by a term limit, by 53.4% to 46.6%.
She was re-elected in 2006, 2008 and 2010.
Fende has served as the chair of the Ohio House Democratic Women’s Caucus.In 2011 she introduced a bill which would ban late-term abortions in the state.