A North Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 5, 1974, as part of the year's nationwide elections. Democratic nominee Robert Morgan beat Republican nominee William Stevens; incumbent Democrat Sam Ervin had recently retired.
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 County results Morgan: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Stevens: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democratic primary
editCandidates
edit- Nick Galifianakis, U.S. Representative from Durham and 1972 senate nominee
- James Johnson
- Robert Burren Morgan, Attorney General of North Carolina
- Henry Wilson
15.9% of the voting age population participated in the Democratic primary.[1]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert Burren Morgan | 294,986 | 50.40% | |
| Democratic | Nick Galifianakis | 189,815 | 32.43% | |
| Democratic | Henry Wilson | 67,247 | 11.49% | |
| Democratic | James Johnson | 6,138 | 1.05% | |
| Democratic | Others | 27,140 | 4.64% | |
| Total votes | 585,326 | 100.00% | ||
Republican primary
editCandidates
edit- William Stevens
- B. E. Sweatt
- Wood Hall Young
2.6% of the voting age population participated in the Republican primary.[1]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | William Stevens | 62,419 | 65.12% | |
| Republican | Wood Hall Young | 26,918 | 28.08% | |
| Republican | B. E. Sweatt | 6,520 | 6.80% | |
| Total votes | 95,857 | 100.00% | ||
General election
editResults
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert Morgan | 633,647 | 61.56% |  1.00
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| Republican | William Stevens | 386,720 | 37.57% |  1.87
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| Other | 8,974 | 0.87% | N/A | ||
| Total votes | 1,029,341 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Democratic hold | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Steed, Moreland & Baker 1980, p. 28.
- ^ a b c "North Carolina DataNet #46" (PDF). University of North Carolina. April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
Works cited
edit- Steed, Robert; Moreland, Laurence; Baker, Tod, eds. (1980). Party Politics in the South. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0030565863.