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1948 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election
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1948 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election 1885 North Carolina Presidential no 1944 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election 1944 1952 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election 1952 November 2, 1948 x150px Hoyt Patrick Taylor Democratic Party (United States) 544,560 72.18% x150px R. Kyle Hayes Republican Party (United States) 206,511 27.37% Lieutenant Governor Lynton Y. Ballentine Democratic Party (United States) Hoyt Patrick Taylor Democratic Party (United States)
The 1948 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948. Democratic nominee Hoyt Patrick Taylor defeated Republican nominee R. Kyle Hayes with 72.18% of the vote.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on May 29, 1948. June 1, 1948 2,000 of Carteret's 9,000 Registered Voters Cast Ballots https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn94058246/1948-06-01/ed-1/seq-1/ Carteret County News-Times Beaufort and Morehead City, North Carolina 1 16 May 2022
Democratic primary
Candidates
Hoyt Patrick Taylor, former State Senator
Daniel L. Tompkins, unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Lieutenant Governor in 1940
Results
Democratic primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=216672 NC Lt. Governor, 1948 - D Primary Our Campaigns 16 May 2022NC Manual 1949 211
Hoyt Patrick Taylor Democratic Party (United States) 240,663 70.62
Daniel L. Tompkins Democratic Party (United States) 100,101 29.38
340,764
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
R. Kyle Hayes, Republican
Hoyt P. Taylor, Democratic
Other candidates
A. Kenneth Harris, Progressive
Results
1948 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=172802 NC Lt. Governor, 1948 Our Campaigns 16 May 2022NC Manual 1949 211
Democratic Party (United States) Hoyt Patrick Taylor 544,560 72.18%
Republican Party (United States) R. Kyle Hayes 206,511 27.37%
Progressive Party (United States, 1948) A. Kenneth Harris 3,368 0.45%
338,049 44.81%
754,439
Democratic Party (United States)
Bibliography
1916 North Carolina Manual 1949 https://archive.org/details/northcarolinaman1949nort NC Manual 1949
References
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