1974 United States Senate election in North Carolina

none related races 1974 United States Senate elections March 2026 September 2023 1974 United States Senate election in North Carolina North Carolina presidential no 1968 United States Senate election in North Carolina 1968 1980 United States Senate election in North Carolina 1980 1885 November 5, 1974 150x150px Robert Burren Morgan.jpg Robert B. Morgan Democratic Party (United States) 633,647 61.56% 3x4.svg William E. Stevens Republican Party (United States) 386,720 37.57% 1974 United States Senate election in North Carolina results map by county.svg 325px County resultsMorgan: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d056c >90%Stevens: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% U.S. Senator Sam Ervin Democratic Party (United States) Robert B. Morgan Democratic Party (United States) The 1974 North Carolina United States Senate election was held in North Carolina on November 5, 1974, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of North Carolina. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Sam Ervin declined to run for reelection to a fourth term in office. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Robert B. Morgan defeated Republican William E. Stevens by a 24-point margin. Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Robert B. Morgan, attorney general of North Carolina (1969–1974) Eliminated in primary Nick Galifianakis, U.S. representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district (1969–1973) and nominee for U.S. Senate in 1972 James Johnson Henry Wilson Declined Sam Ervin, incumbent U.S. senator 15.9% of the voting age population participated in the Democratic primary.Steed Moreland Baker 1980 28 Results Democratic primary results Democratic Party (United States) Robert B. Morgan 294,986 50.40% Democratic Party (United States) Nick Galifianakis 189,815 32.43% Democratic Party (United States) Henry Wilson 67,247 11.49% Democratic Party (United States) James Johnson 6,138 1.05% Democratic Party (United States) Others 27,140 4.64% 585,326 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Nominee William E. Stevens, furniture company executivehttps://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/06/archives/democrats-retain-ervins-senate-seat-virginia-resules-butler.html Democrats Retain Ervin's Senate Seat Associated Press November 6, 1974 April 6, 2025 The New York Times 37 limited Eliminated in primary B. E. Sweatt Wood Hall Young 2.6% of the voting age population participated in the Republican primary.Steed Moreland Baker 1980 28 Results Republican primary results Republican Party (United States) William E. Stevens 62,419 65.12% Republican Party (United States) Wood Hall Young 26,918 28.08% Republican Party (United States) B. E. Sweatt 6,520 6.80% 95,857 100.00% General election Results 1974 North Carolina U.S. Senate electionNorth Carolina DataNet #46 http://southnow.org/southnow-publications/nc-datanet/DataNet%20April08.pdf April 2008 University of North Carolina 2009-06-12 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080725034758/http://southnow.org/southnow-publications/nc-datanet/DataNet%20April08.pdf 2008-07-25 Democratic Party (United States) Robert B. Morgan 633,647 61.56% 1.00 Republican Party (United States) William Stevens 386,720 37.57% 1.87 Other 8,974 0.87% N/A 1,029,341 100.00% N/A Democratic Party (United States) See also United States Senate elections, 1974 and 1975 References Works cited Steed Robert Moreland Laurence Baker Tod Party Politics in the South Praeger Publishers 1980 0030565863 1974 North Carolina Category:1974 North Carolina elections