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1956 North Carolina U.S. Senate Election
North Carolina · 2 candidates
Ervin +33.1 pts · won by 363,878 votes
Sam ErvinDemocraticWINNER66.56%
731,353 votes
Joel A. JohnsonRepublican33.44%
367,475 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).