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The 1962 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Democratic Senator Sam Ervin was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican 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.
Democratic primary
Ervin was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
Republican primary
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Claude Greene, Jr. | 31,756 | 61.07% | |
| Republican | Charles H. Babcock | 20,246 | 38.93% | |
| Total votes | 52,002 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Sam Ervin (incumbent) | 491,520 | 60.45% |  6.11
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| Republican | Claude Greene, Jr. | 321,635 | 39.55% |  6.11
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| Total votes | 813,155 | 100.00% | |||
Footnotes
- ^ Senator Sam Ervin, Last of the Founding Fathers by Karl E. Campbell
- ^ Ourcampaigns.com: Republican primary
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1962" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
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