2000Final results
2000 election for North Carolina Senate District 23
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Cal Cunningham (D) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating John Keadle (R) by 8.9 points.
Cal CunninghamDemocrat · winner
53.4%27,726
John KeadleRepublican
44.5%23,095
Lawrence James ClarkLibertarian
2.2%1,131
51,952 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET