2010Final results
2010 election for North Carolina House District 23
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Joe Pat Tolson (D) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Garland Shepheard (R) by 6.8 points.
Joe Pat TolsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.4%12,043
Garland ShepheardRepublican
46.6%10,517
22,560 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET