1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1996 election for North Carolina Senate District 23
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Jim Phillips (D) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Mac Butner (R) by 6.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jim PhillipsDemocrat · winner
53.4%23,256
Mac ButnerRepublican
46.6%20,271
43,527 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET