GOP State Sen. Vickie Sawyer and state Rep. Tricia Cotham joined the majority of the delegation Monday at a legislative briefing hosted by the Charlotte City Council largely focused on getting a bill ...

Tricia Cotham faces voters for the first time since flipping parties. Cotham gave the GOP a veto-proof supermajority in the ...

Republican lawmakers may be feeling a bit of déjà vu. As they head into the new legislative session on Wednesday, they are ...

Seventh-term Wayne County Republican John Bell has been tapped by and to succeed Destin Hall as the chairman of the powerful ...

Rep. Tricia Cotham made some incorrect statements during Tuesday’s state House debate about expanding private school voucher funding over the veto of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. Cotham ...

Being a party switcher might have cost Sossamon some conservative votes (though that didn’t keep fellow former Democrat Tricia Cotham in Mecklenburg County from winning). But Brown believes (as ...

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Tricia Cotham was before she switched parties last year. In a statement Monday, Brockman said he was sick during the vote and “prioritized my health” since he had received word that ...

Roy Cooper, most of which came after Rep. Tricia Cotham switched parties, cementing the GOP’s supermajority in both chambers. In addition to Cohn, the State Board of Elections also certified ...

Here in Charlotte, the race between Republican Rep. Tricia Cotham and Democrat Nicole Sidman for House District 105 was too close to call. A recount sent Cotham back to Raleigh. The Carolina ...

GOP State Sen. Vickie Sawyer and state Rep. Tricia Cotham joined the majority of the delegation Monday at a legislative briefing hosted by the Charlotte City Council largely focused on getting a ...