United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1978
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The North Carolina United States Senate election of 1978 was held on 7 November 1978 as part of the nation-wide elections to the Senate. The general election was fought between the Republican incumbent Jesse Helms and the Democrat nominee John Ingram. Helms won re-election, by a slightly wider margin than in 1972.
Result
1978 North Carolina U.S. Senate election[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Republican | Jesse Helms | 619,151 | 54.51 | +0.50 | |
Democratic | John Ingram | 516,663 | 45.49 | -0.50 | |
Turnout | 1,135,814 | ||||
Primaries
Democratic primary
1978 North Carolina U.S. Senate Democratic primary election – First round [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Luther H. Hodges, Jr. | 260,868 | 40.08 | N/A | |
Democratic | John Ingram | 170,715 | 26.23 | N/A | |
Democratic | Lawrence Davis | 105,381 | 16.19 | N/A | |
Democratic | McNeill Smith | 82,703 | 12.71 | N/A | |
Democratic | Dave McKnight | 9,422 | 1.45 | N/A | |
Democratic | William Griffin | 8,907 | 1.37 | N/A | |
Democratic | Tom Sawyer | 8,482 | 1.30 | N/A | |
Turnout | 650,942 | ||||
1978 North Carolina U.S. Senate Democratic primary election – Second round [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | John Ingram | 244,469 | 54.24 | +28.01 | |
Democratic | Luther H. Hodges, Jr. | 206,223 | 45.76 | +5.68 | |
Turnout | 450,692 | ||||
Republican primary
Jesse Helms won the Republican Party's nomination unopposed.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "North Carolina DataNet #46" (PDF). University of North Carolina. April 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
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