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  NC Attorney General - Special Election
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Parents > United States > North Carolina > Attorney General
OfficeAttorney General
HonorificAttorney General - Abbr: Attorney General
Type Special Election
Filing Deadline September 01, 1974 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 05, 1974 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 05, 1974 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 1975 - 12:00pm
Term End January 08, 1977 - 12:00pm
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifiedChronicler May 12, 2020 06:15am
Data SourcesNC Manual 1989, p. 960.
Description Special Election held to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Robert Morgan, who resigned to run for the U.S. Senate.

Republican Nomination
Carson was nominated at a meeting of the Republican state executive committee on 8/10/1974.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won08/26/1974
NameJames H. Carson Jr. Votes1 (100.00%)
Term08/26/1974 - 01/03/1975 Margin1 (+100.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/1976
NameRufus L. Edmisten Votes1,066,036 (68.55%)
Term01/08/1977 - 01/10/1981 Margin576,904 (+37.10%)
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Name Rufus L. Edmisten (I) Attorney General James H. Carson Jr. Marion R. Porter  
PartyDemocratic Republican U.S. Labor  
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Certified Votes 618,046 (60.48%) 390,626 (38.22%) 13,318 (1.30%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -227,420 (-22.25%) -604,728 (-59.17%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
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