2004Final results
2004 election for North Carolina Senate District 23
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Ellie Kinnaird (D) won with 65.4% of the vote, defeating Robert E. Whitfield (R) by 30.8 points.
Ellie KinnairdDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.4%49,730
Robert E. WhitfieldRepublican
34.6%26,307
76,037 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 2004
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET