1956 North Carolina gubernatorial election

none related races 1956 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1956 North Carolina gubernatorial election North Carolina Presidential 1885 1952 North Carolina gubernatorial election 1952 1960 North Carolina gubernatorial election 1960 November 6, 1956 File:N 85 29 L Hodges-Bill Friday-Bob House 56 (8080601640) (cropped).jpg 150x150px Luther H. Hodges Democratic Party (United States) 760,480 66.95% 3x4.svg Kyle Hayes Republican Party (United States) 375,379 33.05% 1956 North Carolina gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 325px County resultsHodges: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d056c >90%Hayes: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% Governor Luther H. Hodges Democratic Party (United States) Luther H. Hodges Democratic Party (United States) The 1956 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Democrat Luther H. Hodges defeated Republican nominee Kyle Hayes with 66.95% of the vote. This election was unusual for North Carolina at the time, in that a sitting Governor ran for another term. The Constitution of North Carolina at the time had a one-term limit for governors, but Hodges, as lieutenant governor, had succeeded William B. Umstead after the latter died in office, and was running for a full four-year term on his own. In 1977, the state's voters approved an amendment to the state constitution permitting the governor to serve two consecutive four-year terms. Primary elections Primary elections were held on May 26, 1956.https://books.google.com/books?id=3X0kAQAAIAAJ North Carolina Manual 1991 2019-06-16 Democratic primary Candidates Luther H. Hodges, incumbent Governor Thomas B. Sawyer Harry P. Stokely C.E. Earle Jr. 19.2% of the voting age population participated in the Democratic primary.Steed Moreland Baker 1980 28 Results Democratic primary results Luther H. Hodges (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 401,082 85.95 Thomas B. Sawyer Democratic Party (United States) 29,248 6.27 Harry P. Stokely Democratic Party (United States) 24,416 5.23 C.E. Earle Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 11,908 2.55 466,654 100.00 General election Candidates Luther H. Hodges, Democratic Kyle Hayes, Republican Results 1956 North Carolina gubernatorial electionhttps://books.google.com/books?id=46A7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA345 America Votes 32: 2015-2016, Election Returns by State - Rhodes Cook 26 October 2017 9781506368993 2019-06-16 Cook Rhodes CQ Press Democratic Party (United States) Luther H. Hodges (incumbent) 760,480 66.95% Republican Party (United States) Kyle Hayes 375,379 33.05% 385,101 1,135,859 Democratic Party (United States) References Works cited Steed Robert Moreland Laurence Baker Tod Party Politics in the South Praeger Publishers 1980 0030565863 1956 North Carolina Gubernatorial