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Shelly Willingham
Member of the
North Carolina House of Representatives
Assumed office
January 1, 2015
Preceded byJoe Tolson
Constituency23rd District
In office
January 28, 2002 – January 1, 2003
Preceded byToby Fitch
Succeeded byJean Farmer-Butterfield
Constituency70th District
Personal details
Born
Shelly Willingham

(1943-11-27) November 27, 1943 (age 80)
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceRocky Mount, North Carolina
Alma materElizabeth City State University (BA)

Shelly Willingham (born November 27, 1943) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He has represented the 23rd district (which includes all of Martin and Edgecombe counties) since 2015.[1] He previously served in the House from 2002 to 2003.

Political career[edit]

Willingham was first appointed to the 70th district of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2002 to succeed Toby Fitch, who stepped down to become a judge. Willingham ran for a full term in the new 24th district (the geographic successor to the 70th district[2][3]) in 2002, but lost the primary to Jean Farmer-Butterfield who went on to win the general election. Willingham unsuccessfully challenged state senator Clark Jenkins in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 primaries. Willingham then served 2 terms on the Edgecombe County School Board.[4] Willingham returned to the NC House in 2015, after being elected in 2014 to the 23rd district. Since his initial election in 2014, Willingham has been re-elected to the NC House a total of 4 times, most recently in 2022.

Electoral history[edit]

2020[edit]

North Carolina House of Representatives 23rd district general election, 2020[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
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[edit]

North Carolina House of Representatives 23rd district general election, 2018[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Shelly Willingham (incumbent) 15,959 60.85%
Republican Claiborne Holtzman 10,266 39.15%
Total votes 26,225 100%
Democratic hold

2016[edit]

North Carolina House of Representatives 23rd district general election, 2016[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Shelly Willingham (incumbent) 27,208 100%
Total votes 27,208 100%
Democratic hold

2014[edit]

North Carolina House of Representatives 23rd district Democratic primary election, 2014[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
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%
North Carolina House of Representatives 23rd district Democratic primary run-off election, 2014[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Shelly Willingham 2,702 52.16%
Democratic R. B. (Rusty) Holderness 2,478 47.84%
Total votes 5,180 100%
North Carolina House of Representatives 23rd district general election, 2014[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Shelly Willingham 18,660 100%
Total votes 18,660 100%
Democratic hold

2008[edit]

North Carolina Senate 3rd district Democratic primary election, 2008[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Clark Jenkins (incumbent) 16,187 50.52%
Democratic Shelly Willingham 13,200 41.20%
Democratic Henry Williams II 2,652 8.28%
Total votes 32,039 100%

2006[edit]

North Carolina Senate 3rd district Democratic primary election, 2006[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Clark Jenkins (incumbent) 7,969 64.28%
Democratic Shelly Willingham 4,429 35.72%
Total votes 12,398 100%

2004[edit]

North Carolina Senate 3rd district Democratic primary election, 2004[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Clark Jenkins (incumbent) 5,044 33.13%
Democratic Shelly Willingham 4,991 32.79%
Democratic Charles Elliott Johnson 4,011 26.35%
Democratic Jim Rouse 1,177 7.73%
Total votes 15,223 100%
North Carolina Senate 3rd district Democratic primary run-off election, 2004[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Clark Jenkins (incumbent) 6,070 54.47%
Democratic Shelly Willingham 5,074 45.53%
Total votes 11,144 100%

2002[edit]

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district Democratic primary election, 2002[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jean Farmer-Butterfield 2,431 36.11%
Democratic Shelly Willingham (incumbent) 2,102 31.22%
Democratic A P Coleman 1,502 22.31%
Democratic Ronald L. (Ronnie) Williams 697 10.35%
Total votes 6,732 100%

Committee assignments[edit]

[16]

2021-2022 Session[edit]

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - Transportation
  • Alcoholic Beverage Control (Vice Chair)
  • Insurance (Vice Chair)
  • Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform
  • Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  • State Personnel

2019-2020 Session[edit]

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - Transportation
  • Alcoholic Beverage Control
  • Insurance
  • Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform
  • Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  • State and Local Government

2017-2018 Session[edit]

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - Justice and Public Safety
  • Alcoholic Beverage Control
  • Elections and Ethics Law
  • Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  • State Personnel
  • Transportation

2015-2016 session[edit]

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - Information Technology
  • Alcoholic Beverage Control
  • Elections
  • Agriculture
  • Banking
  • Education - Universities
  • Judiciary IV

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. ^ "1992 House Base Plan 5" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  3. ^ "INTERIM HOUSE REDISTRICTING PLAN FOR N.C. 2002 ELECTION" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  4. ^ Calvin Adkins (January 17, 2014). "Willingham ponders District 23 run". The Daily Southerner. Archived from the original on 2014-04-18. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  5. ^ [1] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  6. ^ [2] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  7. ^ [3] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  8. ^ [4] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  9. ^ [5] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  10. ^ [6] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  11. ^ [7] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  12. ^ [8] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  13. ^ [9] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  14. ^ [10] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  15. ^ [11] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  16. ^ "Shelly Willingham". Retrieved January 28, 2022.

External links[edit]

North Carolina House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 70th district
2002-2003 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 23rd district
2015-present 		Incumbent
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelly_Willingham

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