A North Carolina Democratic lawmaker is expected to flip her party affiliation, multiple Republicans with knowledge of the discussions tell Axios. …
One possible factor, though, is that Cotham recently skipped a vote to override Cooper’s veto of Republican-sponsored legislation relaxing some gun laws, handing Republicans the votes they needed to usher the bill into law.
That set into motion a cascade of blowback against Cotham, driven by Democrats criticizing her for not showing.
[Sometimes politics is about discipline, and sometimes it’s about measuring it wisely. — Ed]
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