# Shelly Willingham

Shelly Willingham is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House for district 23.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: North Carolina House, district 23
- Serving since: 2015-01-01
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f0d9b7f4-abb7-4111-b640-766a1f81d653

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f0d9b7f4-abb7-4111-b640-766a1f81d653 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Willingham voted against the majority of North Carolina House Democrats 82 times; party unity 41%, the lowest of 120 in the North Carolina House (average 92.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.19 (standard error 0.02), from 38 donors and 605 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

482 roll calls. Attendance 93.5% (North Carolina House 92.6%). Party unity 41% (92.6%). 82 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-07 · voted yea · Second Reading · HJR 2 Adjourn 2026 First Extra Session Sine Die. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HJR2/
- 2026-10-07 · voted yea · Second Reading · HB 3 Relief at the Pump. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HB3/
- 2026-10-07 · voted yea · R2 For Adoption M4 Previous Question · HR 1 House Rules - 2026 First Extra Session. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HR1/
- 2026-10-07 · voted yea · R2 For Adoption · HR 1 House Rules - 2026 First Extra Session. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HR1/
- 2026-08-05 · voted yea · Second Reading · SJR 1091 Adjournment Resolution. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SJR1091/
- 2026-08-05 · voted yea · R3 Ruled Mat'l C RPT Adoption · HB 268 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB268/
- 2026-08-05 · voted yea · R3 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur · HB 147 Various Local Provisions XI. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB147/
- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · R2 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur · HB 147 Various Local Provisions XI. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB147/
- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · M11 Concur · HB 834 State Board of Elections Administrative Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB834/
- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · R3 Ruled Mat'l C RPT Adoption · HB 116 Jacksonville Annexation and Conforming Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB116/

## Legislation (NC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 4 bills: 4 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 181.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3: Relief at the Pump. (became law, 2026-10-09) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HB3/
- HB 1118: Workforce Housing Loan Renewal Act. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1118/
- HB 788: Fix Our Democracy. (in committee, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB788/
- HB 604: Rural and Downtown Community Economic Development Grants. (in committee, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB604/
- HB 429: Make Street Takeovers Unlawful. (in committee, 2023-03-23) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2023/HB429/
- HB 362: Fix Our Democracy. (in committee, 2023-03-15) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2023/HB362/
- HB 890: ABC Omnibus Legislation. (became law, 2021-09-10) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2021/HB890/
- HB 542: Fix Our Democracy. (in committee, 2021-04-14) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2021/HB542/
- HB 1024: WillinghamA-1-1. (in committee, 2019-11-13) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2019/HB1024/
- HB 731: Natural Gas Transportation Cost Recovery. (in committee, 2019-04-15) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2019/HB731/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $59.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/700
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shelly.willingham.37
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelly-willingham-92930662/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f0d9b7f4-abb7-4111-b640-766a1f81d653