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Pat Cotham

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Prior offices
Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-Large

Elections and appointments
Last election

March 5, 2024

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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
Image of Leigh Altman
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
Image of Leigh Altman
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
Image of Blake Van Leer
Blake Van Leer Candidate Connection
 
7.9
 
17,722

Total votes: 224,474
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Cotham in this election.

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
Image of Leigh Altman
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
Image of Leigh Altman
Leigh Altman
 
18.4
 
36,150
Yvette Townsend-Ingram
 
14.0
 
27,437
Image of Jennifer De La Jara
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
Image of Leigh Altman
Leigh Altman (D) Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Leigh Altman
Leigh Altman Candidate Connection
 
15.1
 
58,867
Image of Ray McKinnon
Ray McKinnon
 
13.8
 
54,101
Brenda Stevenson
 
12.4
 
48,475
Tera Lee Long
 
6.2
 
24,108
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Tigress Sydney Acute McDaniel
 
4.6
 
17,976
Lloyd Scher
 
4.1
 
16,102

Total votes: 390,965
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2018

See also: Municipal elections in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (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
Image of Ray McKinnon
Ray McKinnon
 
13.9
 
21,007
Jamie Hildreth
 
7.3
 
11,040
Gerenda Davis
 
6.4
 
9,639
Image of Tigress Sydney Acute McDaniel
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.


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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?

See also: Superdelegates and the 2016 Democratic National Convention

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

See also: Presidential election in North Carolina, 2016

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
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Green check mark transparent.pngHillary Clinton 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

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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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]

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