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1978 United States Senate election in North Carolina

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Field	Value
election_name	1978 United States Senate election in North Carolina
country	North Carolina
flag_year	1885
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1972 United States Senate election in North Carolina
previous_year	1972
next_election	1984 United States Senate election in North Carolina
next_year	1984
election_date	November 7, 1978
image_size	x140px
image1	Jesse Helms.jpg
nominee1	Jesse Helms
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	619,151
percentage1	54.51%
image2	John R. Ingram (cropped).jpg
nominee2	John Ingram
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	516,663
percentage2	45.49%
map_image	1978 United States Senate election in North Carolina results map by county.svg
map_size	325px
map_caption	County results

title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Jesse Helms
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Jesse Helms
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Helms:
Ingram:
The North Carolina United States Senate election of 1978 was held on November 7, 1978 as part of the nationwide elections to the Senate. The general election was between the Republican incumbent Jesse Helms and the Democratic nominee John Ingram. Helms won re-election, by a slightly wider margin than in 1972. This was the first Senate election where Republicans were re-elected to this seat.

Republican primary

Candidates

Jesse Helms, incumbent Senator since 1973

Results

Jesse Helms won the Republican Party's nomination unopposed.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Lawrence Davis
William Griffin
Joe Felmet, Winston-Salem Journal editorialist, civil rights activist, and candidate for U.S. House in 1974
Luther H. Hodges Jr., chairman of North Carolina National Bank and son of former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges
John Ingram, North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance since 1973
Dave McKnight
Tom Sawyer
McNeill Smith, State Senator from Greensboro

Results

General election

Candidates

Jesse Helms, U.S. Senator since 1973 (Republican)
John Ingram (Democratic)

Results

References

"Our Campaigns - NC US Senate - D Primary Race - May 09, 1978".
(April 2008). "North Carolina DataNet #46". [[University of North Carolina]].

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