North Carolina State Representative Tricia Cotham announced Wednesday that she's switching parties. Cotham, who won the seat as a Democrat for Dist. 112 in 2022, made the announcement official on Wednesday. It's a big setback for her former party, as the decision now gives Republicans a veto-proof supermajority in the General Assembly, allowing them to override vetoes by Gov. Roy Cooper and more easily pass conservative legislation. In response to the announcement, people gathered outside the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center Wednesday, calling for Cotham's resignation. Ray McKinnon, a pastor in the Charlotte area, was one of the speakers. He said he felt blindsided by Cotham's decision and it left a lot of voters untrusting of local representatives. "Earlier this morning, Tricia said the Democratic party is not the party she was elected to," McKinnon said. "Now the party is the same party it was five months ago.” Others said with this switch, they fear the Republican supermajority. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/north-carolina-politics/tricia-cotham-mecklenburg-county-nc-politics-party-switch/275-27a47dd3-62c1-4cfe-8cdc-7ffac0a92c89