1962 United States Senate election in North Carolina

1962 United States Senate election in North Carolina

←  1956 November 6, 1962 1968  →

Nominee Sam Ervin Claude Greene Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 491,520 321,635 Percentage 60.45% 39.55%

County results Ervin:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Greene:      50–60%     60–70%

Senator before election Sam Ervin Democratic Elected Senator Sam Ervin Democratic

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.

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

Ervin was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Republican primary

Results

2% of the voting age population participated in the Republican primary. ^[2]

1962 Republican Senate primary ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Claude Greene, Jr.	31,756	61.07%
	Republican	Charles H. Babcock	20,246	38.93%
Total votes			52,002	100.00%

General election

Results

1962 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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%

References

1. Senator Sam Ervin, Last of the Founding Fathers by Karl E. Campbell
2. Steed, Moreland & Baker 1980, p. 28.
3. Ourcampaigns.com: Republican primary
4. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1962" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved March 2, 2021.

Works cited

• Steed, Robert; Moreland, Laurence; Baker, Tod, eds. (1980). Party Politics in the South. Praeger Publishers. ISBN   0030565863.