Rep. Tricia Cotham

Politics & Government

North Carolina state legislator who switched parties launches reelection bid

10:14am November 20, 2023

by Associated Press

North Carolina state Rep. Tricia Cotham, whose party switch earlier this year blindsided state Democrats and gave Republicans veto-proof majorities in both legislative chambers, announced Saturday she will run for reelection.

North Carolina Democrats seek election, campaign changes after lawmaker switches to GOP

5:38pm June 06, 2023

by Associated Press

North Carolina state legislators who change party registrations midterm could be subject to an early election to keep the seat, according to a bill filed Tuesday by Senate Democrats in response to

Politics & Government

How one North Carolina lawmaker's defection from the Democratic Party upended abortion protections

1:26pm May 19, 2023

by Hannah Shoenbaum, Associated Press/Report for America

Mere weeks before North Carolina's GOP-controlled legislature enacted a 12-week abortion limit over the Democratic governor's opposition this week, state Republican lawmakers appeared just one vote shy of an override.

Politics & Government

Cotham formalizes party switch to North Carolina GOP

8:36am April 11, 2023

by Associated Press

North Carolina state Rep. Tricia Cotham has formally changed her party registration from Democrat to Republican in a shift that gives GOP legislators veto-proof control over Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.

Politics & Government

Newly veto-proof North Carolina GOP files transgender bans

3:46pm April 06, 2023

by Associated Press

On the heels of a Democratic state lawmaker's seismic shift to the Republican Party, North Carolina Republicans have filed a flurry of bills aimed at transgender youth as they look to capitalize on their newly attained supermajority.

Politics & Government

Party switch gives GOP veto-proof control in North Carolina

8:23pm April 04, 2023

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

A Democrat in the North Carolina state House switched to the Republican Party on Wednesday, giving the GOP veto-proof control in both chambers of the legislature and handing Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper a setback in trying to block hardline conservative policies in his final two years in office.