Top North Carolina Republicans privately encouraged then-Democrat Tricia Cotham to run for the state House in 2022, a year before she switched parties and gave the GOP a veto-proof majority
- Two of North Carolina’s top GOP leaders encouraged Tricia Cotham to run for office last year, per The Times.
- Cotham, from a family with deep Democratic roots, flipped to the GOP three months into her new term.
- She has since voted with Republicans to override key vetoes made by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.
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