NC State Representative Tricia Cotham switches parties, giving Republicans veto-proof majority.

North Carolina Democrats lost their veto-proof supermajority in the state House after State Rep. Tricia Cotham announced she was switching parties and joining the Republican Party. Cotham's switch gives Republicans 72 seats in the state House, allowing them to override any veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. Cotham won election as a Democrat in her blue district last fall by nearly 20 points, but said at a news conference with state Republican leaders that "the modern-day Democratic Party has become unrecognizable to me."