1966 United States Senate election in North Carolina

1966 United States Senate election in North Carolina

← 1960 November 8, 1966 1972 →
 
Nominee B. Everett Jordan John Shallcross
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 501,440 400,502
Percentage 55.59% 44.40%

County results
Everett:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Shallcross:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

B. Everett Jordan
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

B. Everett Jordan
Democratic

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The 1966 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Democratic Senator B. Everett Jordan was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican businessman John Shallcross. Democrats would not win this seat again until 2008.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • B. Everett Jordan, incumbent Senator since 1958
  • Hubert E. Seymour Jr., Greensboro attorney

Results

1966 Democratic Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic B. Everett Jordan (incumbent) 445,454 79.26%
Democratic Hubert E. Seymour Jr. 116,548 20.74%
Total votes 562,002 100.00%

General election

Results

1966 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic B. Everett Jordan (incumbent) 501,440 55.59% Decrease5.85
Republican John Shallcross 400,502 44.40% Increase5.84
Independent Republican Donald Badgley (write-in) 36 0.00% N/A
Independent Wade H. Shugart Jr. (write-in) 2 0.00% N/A
Total votes 1,472,540 100.00%

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - NC US Senate - D Primary Race - May 28, 1966".
  2. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1966" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
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