1966 United States Senate election in North Carolina
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The 1966 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Democratic Senator B. Everett Jordan was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican businessman John Shallcross. Democrats would not win this seat again until 2008.
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- B. Everett Jordan, incumbent Senator since 1958
- Hubert E. Seymour Jr., Greensboro attorney
20.8% of the voting age population participated in the Democratic primary.[1]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | B. Everett Jordan (incumbent) | 445,454 | 79.26% | |
| Democratic | Hubert E. Seymour Jr. | 116,548 | 20.74% | |
| Total votes | 562,002 | 100.00% | ||
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | B. Everett Jordan (incumbent) | 501,440 | 55.59% |  5.85
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| Republican | John Shallcross | 400,502 | 44.40% |  5.84
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| Independent Republican | Donald Badgley (write-in) | 36 | 0.00% | N/A | |
| Independent | Wade H. Shugart Jr. (write-in) | 2 | 0.00% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 1,472,540 | 100.00% | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Steed, Moreland & Baker 1980, p. 28.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - NC US Senate - D Primary Race - May 28, 1966".
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1966" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
Works cited
[edit]- Steed, Robert; Moreland, Laurence; Baker, Tod, eds. (1980). Party Politics in the South. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0030565863.
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