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1974Final results

1974 election for North Carolina Senate District 11

North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina

Edd Nye (D) won with 77.0% of the vote, defeating Mitchell Mercer (Oth) by 54.1 points.

Edd NyeDemocrat · winner
77.0%14,306
Mitchell MercerOther party
23.0%4,267
18,573 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1974

Races before and after

EvenD+28.31980D+29.31984D+42.61986D+23.31990D+11.31992D+1.41994

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET