United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1968

November 5, 1968



Nominee	Sam Ervin	Robert Somers
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	870,406	566,834
Percentage	60.6%	39.4%

Senator before election

Sam Ervin
Democratic

Elected Senator

Sam Ervin
Democratic

The North Carolina United States Senate election of 1968 was held on 5 November 1968 as part of the nationwide elections to the Senate. The general election was fought between the Democratic incumbent Sam Ervin and the Republican nominee Robert Somers. Ervin won re-election to a third full term, with over 60% of the vote.

Result

1968 North Carolina U.S. Senate election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Ervin	870,406	60.56
	Republican	Robert Somers	566,834	39.44
Turnout			901,978

Primaries

Democratic primary

The first round of the 1968 North Carolina Primary Election was held on 4 May.^[1] The runoff for the Republican Party candidates took place on June 1.^[2]

1968 North Carolina U.S. Senate Democratic primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Ervin	499,392	82.12
	Democratic	Charles Pratt	60,362	9.9
	Democratic	John Gathings	48,357	7.95
Turnout			608,111

Republican primary

1968 North Carolina U.S. Senate Republican primary election – First round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Somers	48,351	36.63
	Republican	J. L. Zimmerman	43,644	33.06
	Republican	B. E. Sweatt	40,023	30.32
Turnout			132,018

1968 North Carolina U.S. Senate Republican primary election – Second round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Somers	8,816	60.59
	Republican	J. L. Zimmerman	5,734	39.41
Turnout			14,550

Footnotes

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