2012Final results
2012 election for North Carolina Senate District 23
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Ellie Kinnaird (D) won with 67.0% of the vote, defeating David Pratt Carter (R) by 33.9 points.
Ellie KinnairdDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.0%71,919
David Pratt CarterRepublican
33.0%35,467
107,386 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 2012
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET