Shelly Willingham
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Shelly Willingham | |
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 Official portrait, 2015 | |
| Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
| 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 November 27, 1943 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | 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.
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.