Result
Rep. Amanda Cook (D-Guilford) won her first election to North Carolina House District 60 on Tuesday, Nov. 3, defeating Republican Joseph Perrotta a year after she was appointed to the seat. Unofficial results show Cook with 20,301 votes, or 72.6%, to Perrotta’s 7,666, or 27.4%.
Gov. Josh Stein appointed Cook in November 2025 to finish the term of Democrat Cecil Brockman, who resigned Oct. 31, 2025, after being charged with felony sex offenses involving a minor. Cook then held the seat in a four-way Democratic primary on March 3, taking 42.4% against Angie Williams-McMichael, Joseph Alston and Bruce Davis, the same candidates she beat for the appointment. Her new term begins Friday, Jan. 1, 2027.
Candidates and Platforms
Cook taught dance in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools and Guilford County Schools, founded a nonprofit focused on the teaching profession and served as an at-large member of the High Point City Council before joining the House. Her campaign lists education and the teaching profession, housing, childcare access and environmental protection among her priorities.
Perrotta, a business owner who previously worked in IT and field operations for companies including AT&T and Mattress Firm, also lost the seat to Brockman in 2024 with 36.8% of the vote. This year he campaigned on affordability, including limits on property reassessments and pausing the state gas tax, along with oversight of AI data centers and public safety.
District and Chamber
District 60 includes most of High Point, as well as parts of Jamestown and southwestern Greensboro in Guilford County. Statewide, Democrats won 71 of the House’s 120 seats in unofficial results, flipping the chamber Republicans had controlled since 2011 and falling one seat short of a three-fifths supermajority.
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