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New redistricting lines for the state legislature will mean few swing districts in November鈥檚 general election 鈥� most districts strongly favor either Democrats or Republicans. In some of those districts, the action will be taking place in the March primary.

Democrats in the state Senate have filed legislation to penalize elected officials who switch parties in the middle of their term.

A veto override had seemed just out of reach for Republicans just six week before they successfully overrode Cooper's veto of a 12-week abortion limit on Tuesday. Republicans now expect her switch could propel some GOP-backed education policies and transgender restrictions across the finish.

Cotham鈥檚 announcement last Wednesday that she was changing her party affiliation rattled North Carolina Democrats. They made preserving Cooper鈥檚 veto power a top priority in last fall鈥檚 campaigns.

State Rep. Tricia Cotham says "bullying" prompted her to leave the Democratic Party and become a Republican. She announced her decision at a news conference Wednesday morning.

Following 11 weeks of waiting, dozens of closed-door negotiations and an undetermined number of offers, proposals, phone calls, arguments, lobbyist鈥�

Maybe it鈥檚 the name. A 鈥淭ask Force鈥� conjures up an image of a group of people rushing in, grabbing a problem around the neck, and wrestling a solution out鈥�