North Carolina's 23rd House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Shelly Willingham since 2015.[1]
North Carolina's 23rd State House of Representatives district | |||
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Representative |
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Demographics | 41% White 53% Black 5% Hispanic | ||
Population (2020) | 74,713 |
Geography
editSince 2023, the district has included all of Edgecombe, Martin, and Bertie counties. The district overlaps with the 3rd and 5th Senate districts.
District officeholders since 1983
editMulti-member district
editRepresentative | Party | Dates | Notes | Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties |
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Ken Spaulding | Democratic | January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985 |
Redistricted from the 16th district. Retired to run for Congress. |
Paul Pulley Jr. | Democratic | January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985 |
Redistricted from the 16th district. Redistricted to the 68th district. |
George W. Miller Jr. | Democratic | January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985 |
Redistricted from the 16th district. Redistricted to the 69th district. |
1983–1985 All of Durham County. |
Mickey Michaux | Democratic | January 1, 1985 – January 1, 2003 |
Redistricted to the 31st district. | 1985–2003 Part of Durham County.[2][3] | ||||||||
Sharon Thompson | Democratic | January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1991 |
Redistricted from the 68th district. | George W. Miller Jr. | Democratic | January 1, 1989 – January 1, 2001 |
Redistricted from the 69th district. Lost re-nomination | |||||
Paul Luebke | Democratic | January 1, 1991 – January 1, 2003 |
Redistricted to the 30th district. | |||||||||
Paul Miller | Democratic | January 1, 2001 – January 1, 2003 |
Redistricted to the 29th district. |
Single-member district
editRepresentative | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties |
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Joe Tolson | Democratic | January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2015 |
Redistricted from the 71st district. Retired. |
2003–2013 Parts of Edgecombe and Wilson counties.[4][5] |
2013–2023 All of Edgecombe and Martin counties.[6][7][8] | ||||
Shelly Willingham | Democratic | January 1, 2015 – Present |
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2023–Present All of Edgecombe, Martin, and Bertie counties.[9] |
Election results
edit2022
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Shelly Willingham (incumbent) | 16,488 | 54.42% | |
Republican | James Crowell Proctor | 13,809 | 45.58% | |
Total votes | 30,297 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2020
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Shelly Willingham (incumbent) | 21,754 | 58.76% | |
Republican | Claiborne Holtzman | 14,656 | 39.59% | |
Green | Abbie "Bud" Lane | 612 | 1.65% | |
Total votes | 37,022 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2018
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Shelly Willingham (incumbent) | 15,959 | 60.85% | |
Republican | Claiborne Holtzman | 10,266 | 39.15% | |
Total votes | 26,225 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Shelly Willingham (incumbent) | 27,208 | 100% | |
Total votes | 27,208 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Shelly Willingham | 2,978 | 35.61% | |
Democratic | R. B. "Rusty" Holderness | 2,543 | 30.41% | |
Democratic | Taro Knight | 1,715 | 20.51% | |
Democratic | Bronson Williams | 1,126 | 13.47% | |
Total votes | 8,362 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Shelly Willingham | 2,702 | 52.16% | |
Democratic | R. B. "Rusty" Holderness | 2,478 | 47.84% | |
Total votes | 5,180 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Shelly Willingham | 18,660 | 100% | |
Total votes | 18,660 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2012
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Tolson (incumbent) | 7,575 | 58.75% | |
Democratic | William Solomon Jr. | 5,318 | 41.25% | |
Total votes | 12,893 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Tolson (incumbent) | 30,670 | 100% | |
Total votes | 30,670 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2010
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Tolson (incumbent) | 12,043 | 53.38% | |
Republican | Gerald Shepheard | 10,517 | 46.62% | |
Total votes | 22,560 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2008
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Tolson (incumbent) | 20,211 | 62.21% | |
Republican | Garland Shepheard | 12,275 | 37.79% | |
Total votes | 32,486 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2006
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Tolson (incumbent) | 7,924 | 71.05% | |
Republican | Henry Williams II | 3,228 | 28.95% | |
Total votes | 11,152 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2004
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Tolson (incumbent) | 17,040 | 65.93% | |
Republican | Henry Williams II | 8,804 | 34.07% | |
Total votes | 25,844 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2002
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Tolson (incumbent) | 9,678 | 53.38% | |
Republican | Bettie West | 8,244 | 45.47% | |
Libertarian | Douglas Ellis | 207 | 1.14% | |
Total votes | 18,129 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2000
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Luebke (incumbent) | 15,105 | 31.15% | |
Democratic | Mickey Michaux (incumbent) | 14,256 | 29.40% | |
Democratic | Paul Miller | 10,238 | 21.12% | |
Democratic | George W. Miller Jr. (incumbent) | 8,886 | 18.33% | |
Total votes | 48,485 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Luebke (incumbent) | 57,471 | 33.70% | |
Democratic | Mickey Michaux (incumbent) | 51,329 | 30.10% | |
Democratic | Paul Miller | 44,521 | 26.11% | |
Libertarian | Robert Dorsey | 9,819 | 5.76% | |
Libertarian | Raymond Ubinger | 7,397 | 4.34% | |
Total votes | 170,537 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Democratic hold |
References
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