North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

's 23rd House district is one of 120 districts in the

North Carolina House of Representatives The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the President pro-tem in the North Ca ...

. It has been represented by

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Shelly Willingham 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. He previously served in the ...

since 2015.

Geography

Since 2023, the district has included all of Edgecombe,

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, and Bertie counties. The district overlaps with the

3rd Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * Second#Sexagesimal divisions of calendar time and day, 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (d ...

and

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Senate districts.

District officeholders since 1983

Multi-member district

Single-member district

Election results

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References

{{North Carolina House of Representatives North Carolina House districts Edgecombe County, North Carolina Martin County, North Carolina Bertie County, North Carolina