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.
Contents
1 Primaries
1.1 Democratic primary
1.2 Republican primary
2 Result
3 See also
4 References
Primaries[edit]
Democratic primary[edit]
1978 North Carolina U.S. Senate Democratic primary election – First round [1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Luther H. Hodges, Jr.
260,868
40.08%
Democratic
John Ingram
170,715
26.23%
Democratic
Lawrence Davis
105,381
16.19%
Democratic
McNeill Smith
82,703
12.71%
Democratic
Dave McKnight
9,422
1.45%
Democratic
William Griffin
8,907
1.37%
Democratic
Tom Sawyer
8,482
1.30%
Turnout
650,942
1978 North Carolina U.S. Senate Democratic primary election – Second round [1]
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[edit]
Jesse Helms won the Republican Party's nomination unopposed.
Result[edit]
1978 North Carolina U.S. Senate election[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Republican
Jesse Helms (incumbent)
619,151
54.51%
+0.50%
Democratic
John Ingram
516,663
45.49%
-0.50%
Turnout
1,135,814
Republican hold
Swing
See also[edit]
1978 United States Senate elections
References[edit]
^ 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.