‘Fed up’ Democrats start campaign to take back seat after Tricia Cotham flips to GOP

Mecklenburg County Democrats cheered in excitement Sunday as party leaders vowed to win back N.C. Rep. Tricia Cotham’s seat after she switched to the Republican party. Sunday’s rally — led by Charlotte’s U.S. Reps. Alma Adams and Jeff Jackson and the chair of the N.C. Democratic Party Anderson Clayton — marks the Democratic Party’s full-fledged fight to reclaim House District 112, representing east Mecklenburg County, including Mint Hill. “This signifies our commitment to work even harder on behalf of these people, whose values we share, whose values we fight for, and whose representative told...