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  NC US Senate - D Primary
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > North Carolina > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline March 01, 1996 - 12:00pm
Polls Open May 07, 1996 - 06:00am
Polls Close May 07, 1996 - 11:00pm
Term Start January 03, 1997 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2003 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedRBH January 10, 2022 02:11pm
Data SourcesOfficial returns, America Votes 22, p. 388.
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/06/1990
NameJesse A. Helms Votes1,087,331 (52.54%)
Term01/03/1991 - 01/03/1997 Margin105,758 (+5.11%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

04/29/1996 05/01/1996

CANDIDATES
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Name Mayor Harvey B. Gantt Charles A. Sanders Ralph M. McKinney, Jr.
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic
Votes308,837 (52.44%) 245,260 (41.65%) 34,829 (5.91%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -63,577 (-10.80%) -274,008 (-46.53%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Mason-Dixon 
04/29-05/01
45.00% (+0.0) 39.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D NCdem
D Ben Cohen [L]
N Gertrude B. Elion [L]
D J. Calvin "Cal" Cunningham [L]
D J. Terry Sanford [L]

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