Rep. Tricia Cotham filed a bill with a couple significant differences than a similar transit bill in the NC Senate. In this November 2024 file photo, Cotham speaks at the General Assembly in Raleigh.

Rep. Tricia Cotham, R-Mecklenburg, filed a bill Thursday that would let Mecklenburg County put a sales tax referendum on the ballot this fall. If approved, voters would decide on a one-cent sales ...

Tricia Cotham also gained national attention in 2015 with an emotional speech on the floor of the N.C. House detailing her own experience with having an abortion for medical reasons.

Rep. Tricia Cotham speaks about funding for private school vouchers prior to a vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a budget bill in the House at the General Assembly in Raleigh on Tuesday ...

Incumbent Rep. Tricia Cotham, a new GOP member, was running against Democrat Nicole Sidman for a seat in the state House’s 105th district, which oversees part of southeast Mecklenburg County.

Nicole Sidman hugs her supporter during an election watch at Legion Brewing South Park in Charlotte Tuesday night, Nov. 5, 2024. GOP’s Tricia Cotham narrowly beats Sidman in NC House race ...

Rep. Tricia Cotham speaks about funding for private school vouchers prior to a vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a budget bill in the House at the General Assembly in Raleigh on Tuesday ...

Rep. Tricia Cotham speaks about funding for private school vouchers prior to a vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a budget bill in the House at the General Assembly in Raleigh on Tuesday ...

Tricia Cotham won’t be welcomed back into Charlotte’s Democratic circles. That door is closed. But legacy is a different thing. And with the filing of the PAVE Act, she may have just cemented ...

North Carolina Rep. Tricia Cotham, who defected from the Democratic Party Tuesday to join the Republican Party, said Wednesday that she felt stifled by the party she was aligned with for years.