Sydney Batch, a Wake County Democrat, announced Saturday on Twitter that she will fill a seat in the N.C. Senate vacated by Sam Searcy, who resigned. Cooper would appoint her.
Batch, elected to the N.C. House in 2018, in November lost her seat to Republican Erin Pare, who got 50% of the vote to Batch’s 47%.
Searcy had won a second term to the Senate in District 17, defeating Republican Mark Cavaliero.
Searcy, part-owner of a distillery, in November endorsed Batch for the vacated seat. In 2017, he considered running for the 2nd U.S. Congressional District but chose to run for the General Assembly instead.