1962 United States Senate election in North Carolina

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United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1962
← 1956 November 6, 1962 1968 →
 
Nominee Sam Ervin Claude Greene
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 491,520 321,635
Percentage 60.45% 39.55%
Senator before election

Sam Ervin
Democratic

 Elected Senator

Sam Ervin
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The North Carolina United States Senate election of 1962 was held on 6 November 1962 as part of the nationwide elections to the Senate. The general election was fought between the Democratic incumbent, Sam Ervin, and the Republican nominee, 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.

General Election Result

1962 North Carolina U.S. Senate election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Sam Ervin 491,520 60.45
Republican Claude Greene, Jr. 321,635 39.55
Turnout 813,155

Primaries

Democratic primary

Ervin was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Republican primary

1962 North Carolina U.S. Senate Republican primary election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Claude Greene, Jr. 31,756 61.07
Republican Charles H. Babcock 20,246 38.93
Turnout 52,002


Footnotes

  1. ↑ Senator Sam Ervin, Last of the Founding Fathers by Karl E. Campbell
  2. ↑ Ourcampaigns.com
  3. ↑ Ourcampaigns.com: Republican primary


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