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United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1978

United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1978
North Carolina
← 1972 November 7, 1978 1984 →
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Nominee Jesse Helms John Ingram
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 619,151 516,663
Percentage 54.5% 45.5%

Senator before election

Jesse Helms
Republican

Elected Senator

Jesse Helms
Republican


Jesse Helms
Republican

Jesse Helms
Republican

The North Carolina United States Senate election of 1978 was held on 7 November 1978 as part of the nationwide elections to the Senate. The general election was fought between the Republican incumbent Jesse Helms and the Democrat nominee John Ingram. Helms won re-election, by a slightly wider margin than in 1972.

Jesse Helms won the Republican Party's nomination unopposed.


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