Apr 28 2008
Cotham and Scher to Have Rematch
They’ll face off in the May 6 primaries for the N.C. House District 100 seat, but this match between Rep. Tricia Cotham and Lloyd Scher, a former Mecklenburg County commissioner, began over a year ago.
In March 2007, state Democratic Party officials elected Cotham to fill the unexpired term of former Democratic House Speaker Jim Black, who resigned amid corruption charges.
This will actually be Cotham’s first popular election to the House seat. Regardless of being elected by a committee rather than the voters, she still holds the advantage of incumbency. However, Scher was a Mecklenburg County Commissioner for eight years so he still has a familiar name to the electorate. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
