Tricia Cotham lands challenger from previous party after becoming Republican
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MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The race is on in the Democratic primary for the seat challenging State Rep. Tricia Cotham.
She made the controversial decision last year to flip parties — becoming a Republican ahead of this year’s election. Nicole Sidman came out on top among the three candidates were vying for the Democratic seat for N.C. District 105, covering Mint Hill and Matthews.
Sidman won the race Tuesday with 57 percent of the vote. Her previous political experience includes running Christie Clark’s successful campaign for the State House in 2018. Clark is now the Huntersville mayor.
Yolanda Holmes was second with 38 percent, and Terry Landsell picked up 5 percent.
Cotham, currently representing District 112, was unopposed on the Republican primary ballot. Her party-switch gave the N.C. House a super-majority, and was followed by the state passing a more restrictive abortion law.
“I cant focus on Tricia Cotham. I have to focus on what people in House District 105 care about,” Sidman told Queen City News while celebrating her win. “That is access to reproductive rights, good schools that are funded, stopping this constant restructuring of the maps so that nobody know who their representative is. That’s what I need to focus on, and everyone else can focus on what they want to focus on.”
On her campaign website, Sidman called out Cotham by name, say her competitor chose “to gut our reproductive freedom.”
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