1998Final results
1998 election for North Carolina Senate District 23
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Jim Phillips (D) won with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Mac Butner (R) by 9.5 points.
Jim PhillipsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.8%21,315
Mac ButnerRepublican
45.2%17,613
38,928 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET