United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1980

November 2, 1980



Nominee	John East	Robert Morgan
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	898,064	887,653
Percentage	50.0%	49.4%

Senator before election

Robert Morgan
Democratic

Elected Senator

John East
Republican

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The 1980 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 2, 1980 as part of the nationwide elections to the Senate. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Robert Morgan lost re-election a second term to Republican John East.

Primaries

Democratic

Robert Morgan won the Democratic Party's nomination unopposed.

Republican

John East won the Republican Party's nomination unopposed.

General election

Candidates

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

Results

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	0.4
	Socialist Workers	Rebecca Finch	4,346	0.2
Turnout			1,797,655

References

↑ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives

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