Pat Cotham

Pat Cotham
Personal details
PartyDemocratic
ChildrenTricia
EducationUniversity of Missouri (BA)
WebsiteOfficial website

Pat Cotham is a former Mecklenburg Board County Commissioner. During her first term she served as Chair of the Board. She earned a BA in Spanish and a BJ in journalism from the University of Missouri.[1]

She is a trustee to the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, a Democratic National Committee member and a delegate member of the Executive Council of the N.C. Democratic Party. She is an active member of St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, a Democratic Party Precinct leader, past president of the Mecklenburg County Democratic Women, chair of Uptown Democratic Forum and a member of the Charlotte 2012 Host Committee.[1]

She was the 2012 award winner as the "Grassroots Leader of the Year" for the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party.[1] She was also a Democratic Party "superdelegate" in 2016, and endorsed Bernie Sanders for president in June 2016.[2]

Pat Cotham has a daughter, NC Representative Tricia Cotham, a state representative from Matthews, NC.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Pat Cotham, At-Large". charmeck.org. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ Strauss, Daniel (June 7, 2016). "North Carolina superdelegate endorses Sanders". POLITICO. Retrieved April 4, 2026.