1962 United States Senate election in North Carolina
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The 1962 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Democratic Senator Sam Ervin was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican farmer[1] Claude Greene Jr.
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County results Ervin: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Greene: 50-60% 60-70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Ervin was elected to a second full (six-year) term, though by a somewhat smaller margin than he enjoyed in his victory in 1956.
Democratic primary edit
Ervin was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
Republican primary edit
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Claude Greene, Jr. | 31,756 | 61.07% | |
Republican | Charles H. Babcock | 20,246 | 38.93% | |
Total votes | 52,002 | 100.00% |
General election edit
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Sam Ervin (incumbent) | 491,520 | 60.45% | 6.11 | |
Republican | Claude Greene, Jr. | 321,635 | 39.55% | 6.11 | |
Total votes | 813,155 | 100.00% |
Footnotes edit
- ^ Senator Sam Ervin, Last of the Founding Fathers by Karl E. Campbell
- ^ Ourcampaigns.com: Republican primary
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1962" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved March 2, 2021.