The North Carolina United States Senate election of 1968 was held on 5 November 1968 as part of the nationwide elections to the Senate. The general election was fought between the Democratic incumbent

Sam Ervin Samuel James Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896April 23, 1985) was an American politician. A Southern Democrats, Democrat, he served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A native of Morganton, North Carolina, ...

and the

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nominee Robert Somers. Ervin won re-election to a third full term, with over 60% of the vote. This was the last time any incumbent was re-elected in this seat until

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. As of 2022, this is also the last time a Democrat was re-elected as a senator in North Carolina.

Primaries

Democratic primary

The first round of the 1968 North Carolina Primary Election was held on 4 May. The runoff for the Republican Party candidates took place on June 1.

Republican primary

Results

Footnotes

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1968 North Carolina elections