1974 United States Senate election in North Carolina

The North Carolina United States Senate election of 1974 was held on November 5, 1974 as part of the nationwide elections to the Senate. Incumbent Democrat, Sam Ervin, chose to retire. The general election was fought between the Democratic nominee Robert Morgan and the Republican nominee William Stevens.

1974 United States Senate election in North Carolina

November 5, 1974
 
Nominee Robert Morgan William Stevens
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 633,647 386,720
Percentage 61.6% 37.6%

County results
Morgan:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Stevens:      50-60%      60-70%

U.S. senator before election

Sam Ervin
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Robert Morgan
Democratic

Primaries

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert Morgan 294,986 50.40% N/A
Democratic Nick Galifianakis 189,815 32.43% N/A
Democratic Henry Wilson 67,247 11.49% N/A
Democratic James Johnson 6,138 1.05% N/A
Democratic Others 27,140 4.64% N/A
Turnout 585,326

Republican primary

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican William Stevens 62,419 65.12% N/A
Republican Wood Hall Young 26,918 28.08% N/A
Republican B. E. Sweatt 6,520 6.80% N/A
Turnout 95,857

Results

1974 North Carolina U.S. Senate election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert Morgan 633,647 61.56% +1.00%
Republican William Stevens 386,720 37.57% -1.87%
Other 8,974 0.87% N/A
Total votes 1,029,341 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. "North Carolina DataNet #46" (PDF). University of North Carolina. April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
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