619,151 516,663 Start date November 7, 1978 | 54.5% 45.5% | |
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Winner Jesse Helms | ||
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.
Republican primary
Jesse Helms won the Republican Party's nomination unopposed.
References
United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1978 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA