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North Carolina state Rep. Tricia Cotham announces she is switching her party affiliation to the Republican Party at a news conference Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at the North Carolina Republican Party headquarters in Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina state legislators who change their party registrations midterm could be subject to an early election to keep the seat in a bill filed Tuesday, June 6, 2023, by Senate Democrats — a measure that responds to Cotham's switch to the GOP two months ago. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File)

North Carolina Democrats seek election, campaign changes after lawmaker switches to GOP

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Rep. Tricia Ann Cotham (R), is photographed Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C., before the North Carolina House members debated whether to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a bill that would change the state's ban on nearly all abortions from those after 20 weeks of pregnancy to those after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Both the Senate and House had to complete successful override votes for the measure to be enacted into law. The Senate voted to override the veto earlier and the House also voted to override. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)

How one North Carolina lawmaker’s defection from the Democratic Party upended abortion protections

By Hannah Schoenbaum - Associated Press

State Rep. Tricia Cotham, D-Mecklenburg, speaks on the House floor as North Carolina lawmakers gather for a special session on March 23, 2016, in Raleigh, N.C. Speculation is brewing in North Carolina that Cotham may change her party affiliation. Republicans have scheduled a news conference Wednesday, April 5, 2023, with Cotham, of Mecklenburg County. If Cotham does switch parties, the move would give the GOP complete veto-proof control of the General Assembly and hand Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper a major political setback. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Party switch gives GOP veto-proof control in North Carolina

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

State Rep. Tricia Cotham, D-Mecklenburg, speaks on the House floor as North Carolina lawmakers gather for a special session on March 23, 2016, in Raleigh, N.C. Speculation is brewing in North Carolina that Cotham may change her party affiliation. Republicans have scheduled a news conference Wednesday, April 5, 2023, with Cotham, of Mecklenburg County. If Cotham does switch parties, the move would give the GOP complete veto-proof control of the General Assembly and hand Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper a major political setback. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

North Carolina Democrat signals party switch with major impact

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press