1974Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for North Carolina Senate District 19
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
3 seats: McNeill Smith (D), Lynwood Smith (D), Katherine Hagen Sebo (D) won.
3 seatsMcNeill SmithDemocrat · winner
23.6%30,933
Lynwood SmithDemocrat · winner · incumbent
21.5%28,188
Katherine Hagen SeboDemocrat · winner
17.3%22,734
C. Coolidge MurrowRepublican · incumbent
16.8%21,985
Manley C. LewisRepublican
11.3%14,860
Nick H. RobinsonRepublican
9.5%12,500
131,200 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET