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  NC US Senate - Special D Primary
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Parents > United States > North Carolina > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline April 01, 1954 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open May 29, 1954 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close May 29, 1954 - 03:00pm Central
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
Description Although 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 Won07/10/1953
NameAlton A. Lennon Votes1 (100.00%)
Term07/10/1953 - 11/28/1954 Margin1 (+100.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/1954
NameW. Kerr Scott Votes402,268 (100.00%)
Term11/29/1954 - 01/03/1955 Margin402,260 (+99.99%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceNC US Senate - Special Election 11/02/1954
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Name Gov. W. Kerr Scott (I) Sen. Alton A. Lennon Alvin Wingfield, Jr. Henry L. Sprinkle  
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic  
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Uncertified 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%  
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