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  NC US Senate - Special D Primary
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > North Carolina > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline April 01, 1954 - 12:00pm
Polls Open May 29, 1954 - 07:00am
Polls Close May 29, 1954 - 03:00pm
Term Start November 29, 1954 - 11:00am
Term End January 03, 1955 - 11:00am
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifiedRBH September 09, 2019 06:17pm
Data SourcesNorth Carolina Manual 1955
DescriptionAlthough Lennon could have called a runoff for this race, he was not eligible to call a runoff for the regular election and chose not to do so.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/02/1948
NameJ. Melville Broughton Votes540,762 (70.73%)
Term01/03/1949 - 03/06/1949 Margin320,455 (+41.91%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail

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Name Gov. W. Kerr Scott (I) Sen. Alton A. Lennon Alvin Wingfield, Jr. Henry L. Sprinkle
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Votes274,264 (49.34%) 264,265 (47.54%) 12,372 (2.23%) 5,013 (0.90%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -9,999 (-1.80%) -261,892 (-47.11%) -269,251 (-48.43%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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