Incumbent
Challenger
Short incumbent record. Cook is a High Point educator (UNCG, Gardner-Webb). Perrotta is a GTCC graduate and caregiver. District leans Democratic in recent presidential numbers; this card still scores the concern set, not the partisan index.
Green ✓ = closer to this concern set: levy-limit and reappraisal relief, ICE detainers, school choice, energy costs that do not raise the home bill, tighter election rules, and a caucus vote that does not grow Raleigh.
Red ✗ = farther from that set. Both may earn ✓ on the same row.
| Issue | Amanda Cook (Inc.) | Joseph Perrotta | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Property-tax levy limit (HB 1089) | Appointed Democrat. Caucus opposed the levy limit. | ✗ | Would vote with House Republicans for the cap. | ✓ |
| Reappraisal moratorium (SB 889) | Protect local revenue for High Point services. | State relief when values spike. | ||
| School choice vs. public-school money | Rejects opportunity scholarships. Public-school educator. Formula dollars first. | Parents choose. Opportunity Scholarships stay. | ||
| Teacher pay (SB 257 — 8% avg, $48k start) | Filed a pay-raise bill but voted against the budget that included teacher pay raises. | Would have voted yes with the House majority that passed the raise. | ||
| Medicaid | Protect expansion. | Work rules and anti-fraud. | ||
| Crime and ICE detainers | Party line on cooperation (no required local cooperation with federal immigration law enforcement). | Wants county jails to honor federal detainers and notify them of the detention. | ||
| High Point jobs and GTCC | Triad educator. School-to-work inside the public system using expanded state funds. | GTCC alum. Expand workforce through trades, without new mandates. | ||
| Housing and zoning preemption | No published housing plank. Party line: state rules that override a local ban on more units. | Keep High Point in charge of growth. Local ‘no’ stays a no. | ||
| Data centers — jobs vs. the grid and the household bill | No published data-center plank. Same weigh-the-load test; no posted special-use text. | No published ordinance. Weigh the jobs against the load; keep the city veto. | ||
| Election rules | Oppose requiring same ID rules for absentee voters. | ID and citizenship checks. | ||
| How the seat was filled | Party appointment after Brockman’s resignation, then a primary win. | Challenger. No appointment machine. | ||
| Who they caucus with | House Democrats. One vote against a veto-proof majority. | House GOP. One vote toward a veto-proof majority. |
Property-tax levy limit (HB 1089)
Appointed Democrat. Caucus opposed the levy limit.
Would vote with House Republicans for the cap.
Reappraisal moratorium (SB 889)
Protect local revenue for High Point services.
State relief when values spike.
School choice vs. public-school money
Rejects opportunity scholarships. Public-school educator. Formula dollars first.
Parents choose. Opportunity Scholarships stay.
Teacher pay (SB 257 — 8% avg, $48k start)
Filed a pay-raise bill but voted against the budget that included teacher pay raises.
Would have voted yes with the House majority that passed the raise.
Medicaid
Protect expansion.
Work rules and anti-fraud.
Crime and ICE detainers
Party line on cooperation (no required local cooperation with federal immigration law enforcement).
Wants county jails to honor federal detainers and notify them of the detention.
High Point jobs and GTCC
Triad educator. School-to-work inside the public system using expanded state funds.
GTCC alum. Expand workforce through trades, without new mandates.
Housing and zoning preemption
No published housing plank. Party line: state rules that override a local ban on more units.
Keep High Point in charge of growth. Local ‘no’ stays a no.
Data centers — jobs vs. the grid and the household bill
No published data-center plank. Same weigh-the-load test; no posted special-use text.
No published ordinance. Weigh the jobs against the load; keep the city veto.
Election rules
Oppose requiring same ID rules for absentee voters.
ID and citizenship checks.
How the seat was filled
Party appointment after Brockman’s resignation, then a primary win.
Challenger. No appointment machine.
Who they caucus with
House Democrats. One vote against a veto-proof majority.
House GOP. One vote toward a veto-proof majority.
Matches the Piedmont concern set
Amanda Cook · 2 of 12
Joseph Perrotta · 12 of 12
If these are your District 60 priorities
High Point’s House seat is Democratic-leaning on paper. This card does not score the index. It scores the levy limit, detainers, vouchers, and the 51st-style House vote.
Cook’s case is the classroom and the public-school dollar, although she voted against the budget that raised teacher pay. Both candidates pass the data-center load test. On tax cap, ICE, election rules, and caucus — Perrotta is the closer fit to that set.
- Sources (public record)
- Ballotpedia HD-60 · WFMY on Cook appointment (Nov. 2025) · Guilford filing list · Our Piedmont HB 1089 brief
Our Piedmont Education Foundation · 301 S Elm Street, Suite 605, Greensboro, NC 27401. This page is voter education. It is not an endorsement of, or opposition to, either candidate. Draft for internal review · August 28, 2026.