1976Final results
1976 election for North Carolina Senate District 19
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
3 seats: McNeill Smith (D), Katherine Hagen Sebo (D), Rachel G. Gray (D) won.
3 seatsMcNeill SmithDemocrat · winner · incumbent
25.2%54,161
Katherine Hagen SeboDemocrat · winner · incumbent
22.7%48,707
Rachel G. GrayDemocrat · winner
22.0%47,131
W. Eugene Johnston IIIOther party
15.9%34,214
Manley C. LewisRepublican
13.9%29,872
214,644 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET