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Tricia Cotham represents Mecklenburg County in the North Carolina House of Representatives. Elected as a Democrat in 2022, Cotham switched parties and registered as a Republican in April 2023 -- giving the GOP a supermajority in the state legislature. She previously served in the state House from 2008 to 2016.
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