Shelly Willingham

Shelly Willingham


Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2015
Preceded by	Joe Tolson
Constituency	23rd District
In office January 28, 2002 – January 1, 2003
Preceded by	Toby Fitch
Succeeded by	Jean Farmer-Butterfield
Constituency	70th District

Personal details
Born	Shelly Willingham (1943-11-27) November 27, 1943 (age 80) Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Alma mater	Elizabeth 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.

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Political career

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

2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

^[16]

2021-2022 Session

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

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

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

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

References

^ "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
^ "1992 House Base Plan 5" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
^ "INTERIM HOUSE REDISTRICTING PLAN FOR N.C. 2002 ELECTION" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
^ 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.
^ [1] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
^ [2] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
^ [3] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
^ [4] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
^ [5] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
^ [6] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
^ [7] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
^ [8] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
^ [9] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
^ [10] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
^ [11] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
^ "Shelly Willingham". Retrieved January 28, 2022.

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Preceded by Toby Fitch	Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 70th district 2002-2003	Succeeded by Bobby Barbee
Preceded by Joe Tolson	Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 23rd district 2015-present	Incumbent

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