1980_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina Knowpia

1980 United States Senate election in North Carolina
	East: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%; Morgan: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
U.S. senator before election; Robert Morgan; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; John East; Republican

The 1980 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 4, 1980, as part of the nationwide elections to the Senate. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Robert Morgan ran for reelection to a second term, but narrowly lost to Republican John East.

This was the first time Republicans won this seat since 1897, and the inauguration of John East marked the first time since 1871 that they held both Senate seats simultaneously.

Primaries edit

Democratic edit

Robert Morgan was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Republican edit

John East was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

General election edit

Candidates edit

John East (R), Professor at East Carolina University
Robert Morgan (D), incumbent U.S. Senator

Results edit

1980 North Carolina U.S. Senate election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John East	898,064	49.96%	+12.18%
	Democratic	Robert Morgan (incumbent)	887,653	49.38%	-12.39%
	Libertarian	F.W. (Rick) Pasotto	7,602	0.04%	N/A
	Socialist Workers	Rebecca Finch	4,346	0.02%	N/A
Total votes			1,797,655	100.00%	N/A
	Republican gain from Democratic

References edit

^ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives

[1] Clerk of the United States House of Representatives

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Summary