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1978Final results

1978 election for North Carolina Senate District 4

North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina

Bennie D. Schwartz (D) won with 64.2% of the vote, defeating Janet S. Morgan (R) by 28.4 points.

Bennie D. SchwartzDemocrat · winner
64.2%14,071
Janet S. MorganRepublican
35.8%7,840
21,911 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 1978

Races before and after

EvenD+12.61976D+28.41978R+2.51980D+29.71982R+18.51992R+29.31994

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