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Pat Cotham
Pat Cotham (Democratic Party) was an at-large member of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina. She assumed office in 2014. She left office on December 2, 2024.
Cotham (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina. She lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2024)
General election
General election for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large (3 seats)
Incumbent Arthur Griffin Jr., Yvette Townsend-Ingram, and incumbent Leigh Altman won election in the general election for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Arthur Griffin Jr. (D) | 34.0 | 419,319 | |
✔ | Yvette Townsend-Ingram (D) | 33.1 | 407,703 | |
✔ | ![]() | Leigh Altman (D) | 32.9 | 406,294 |
Total votes: 1,233,316 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large (3 seats)
Incumbent Leigh Altman, incumbent Arthur Griffin Jr., and Yvette Townsend-Ingram defeated incumbent Pat Cotham and Blake Van Leer in the Democratic primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Leigh Altman | 26.0 | 58,331 |
✔ | Arthur Griffin Jr. | 24.8 | 55,639 | |
✔ | Yvette Townsend-Ingram | 23.8 | 53,336 | |
Pat Cotham | 17.6 | 39,446 | ||
![]() | Blake Van Leer ![]() | 7.9 | 17,722 |
Total votes: 224,474 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Municipal elections in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2022)
General election
General election for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large (3 seats)
Incumbent Pat Cotham, incumbent Leigh Altman, and Arthur Griffin Jr. defeated Tatyana Thulien in the general election for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Pat Cotham (D) | 28.7 | 243,309 | |
✔ | ![]() | Leigh Altman (D) | 27.4 | 231,956 |
✔ | Arthur Griffin Jr. (D) | 27.3 | 231,026 | |
Tatyana Thulien (R) | 16.6 | 140,299 |
Total votes: 846,590 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Pat Cotham | 24.9 | 48,964 | |
✔ | Arthur Griffin Jr. | 19.6 | 38,372 | |
✔ | ![]() | Leigh Altman | 18.4 | 36,150 |
Yvette Townsend-Ingram | 14.0 | 27,437 | ||
![]() | Jennifer De La Jara | 13.2 | 25,880 | |
Trina V. Boyd | 9.9 | 19,470 |
Total votes: 196,273 | ||||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Tatyana Thulien advanced from the Republican primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large.
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2020)
General election
General election for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large (3 seats)
Incumbent Ella Scarborough, incumbent Pat Cotham, and Leigh Altman won election in the general election for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Ella Scarborough (D) | 34.0 | 359,025 | |
✔ | Pat Cotham (D) | 33.9 | 357,206 | |
✔ | ![]() | Leigh Altman (D) ![]() | 32.1 | 338,911 |
Total votes: 1,055,142 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Ella Scarborough | 22.9 | 89,452 | |
✔ | Pat Cotham | 20.9 | 81,884 | |
✔ | ![]() | Leigh Altman ![]() | 15.1 | 58,867 |
![]() | Ray McKinnon | 13.8 | 54,101 | |
Brenda Stevenson | 12.4 | 48,475 | ||
Tera Lee Long | 6.2 | 24,108 | ||
![]() | Tigress Sydney Acute McDaniel | 4.6 | 17,976 | |
Lloyd Scher | 4.1 | 16,102 |
Total votes: 390,965 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large (3 seats)
Incumbent Pat Cotham, incumbent Trevor Fuller, and incumbent Ella Scarborough defeated Jeremy Brasch in the general election for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Pat Cotham (D) | 28.8 | 244,074 | |
✔ | Trevor Fuller (D) | 27.7 | 234,047 | |
✔ | Ella Scarborough (D) | 27.6 | 233,983 | |
Jeremy Brasch (R) | 15.9 | 134,309 |
Total votes: 846,413 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Pat Cotham | 25.1 | 37,991 | |
✔ | Trevor Fuller | 22.5 | 33,995 | |
✔ | Ella Scarborough | 21.9 | 33,085 | |
![]() | Ray McKinnon | 13.9 | 21,007 | |
Jamie Hildreth | 7.3 | 11,040 | ||
Gerenda Davis | 6.4 | 9,639 | ||
![]() | Tigress Sydney Acute McDaniel | 3.1 | 4,643 |
Total votes: 151,400 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large (3 seats)
Jeremy Brasch advanced from the Republican primary for Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | ||
✔ | Jeremy Brasch |
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Pat Cotham did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Pat Cotham did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016 Democratic National Convention
What is a superdelegate?
Superdelegates in 2016 were automatic delegates to the Democratic National Convention, meaning that, unlike regular delegates, they were not elected to this position. Also unlike regular delegates, they were not required to pledge their support to any presidential candidate, and they were not bound by the results of their state's presidential primary election or caucus. In 2016, superdelegates included members of the Democratic National Committee, Democratic members of Congress, Democratic governors, and distinguished party leaders, including former presidents and vice presidents. All superdelegates were free to support any presidential candidate of their choosing at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.[1]
North Carolina primary results
Hillary Clinton won the North Carolina Democratic primary with roughly 55 percent of the vote. Bernie Sanders received 41 percent. Clinton carried North Carolina's largest county by population, Mecklenburg, by more than 20 percentage points over Sanders. The city of Charlotte is located in Mecklenburg. She also won the state's second and third largest counties—Guilford and Wake.[2]
North Carolina Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
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54.5% | 622,915 | 60 | |
Bernie Sanders | 40.9% | 467,018 | 47 | |
Martin O'Malley | 1.1% | 12,122 | 0 | |
Roque De La Fuente | 0.3% | 3,376 | 0 | |
Other | 3.3% | 37,485 | 0 | |
Totals | 1,142,916 | 107 | ||
Source: The New York Times and North Carolina State Board of Elections |
Delegate allocation
North Carolina had 120 delegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Of this total, 107 were pledged delegates. National party rules stipulated how Democratic delegates in all states were allocated. Pledged delegates were allocated to a candidate in proportion to the votes he or she received in a state's primary or caucus. A candidate was eligible to receive a share of the state's pledged delegates if he or she won at least 15 percent of the votes cast in the primary or caucus. There were three types of pledged Democratic delegates: congressional district delegates, at-large delegates, and party leaders and elected officials (PLEOs). Congressional district delegates were allocated proportionally based on the primary or caucus results in a given district. At-large and PLEO delegates were allocated proportionally based on statewide primary results.[3][4]
Thirteen party leaders and elected officials served as unpledged delegates. These delegates were not required to adhere to the results of a state's primary or caucus.[3][5]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Congressional Research Service, "The Presidential Nominating Process and the National Party Conventions, 2016: Frequently Asked Questions," December 30, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "North Carolina primary election," March 16, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Democratic National Committee, "2016 Democratic National Convention Delegate/Alternate Allocation," updated February 19, 2016
- ↑ The Green Papers, "2016 Democratic Convention," accessed May 7, 2021
- ↑ Democratic National Committee's Office of Party Affairs and Delegate Selection, "Unpledged Delegates -- By State," May 27, 2016
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