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
North Carolina state Rep. Tricia Cotham, a veteran Democrat, switched her political affiliation to the Republican Party in April.AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum
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