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...race viewed as a referendum on the politics of the New Right, Sen. Jesse A. Helms (R-N.C.) rode the support of white voters to a surprisingly comfortable victory over the popular Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. Approximately 87 percent of the state's Black voters supported Hunt, while Helms collected about 60 percent of the white vote...
Helms trailed Hunt by as much as 20 points early in the campaign, but he recovered by moderating his vitriolic rhetoric and aligning himself closely with President Reagan. Together the candidates spent close to $25 million and involved celebrities from all walks of life in the campaign...
...Hunt's governorship was also won by a Republican, Rep. James G. Martin, only the second Republican to capture the statehouse in the last century...
...Hampshire Norm D. Amours (D) 65.349 42 58 E--Gordon Humphrey (R) 90.434 58 New Jersey E--Bill Bradley (D) 1677.539 61 90 Mary Mochary (R) 927.231 36 New Mexico Judy Pratt (D) 119.198 28 85 E--Pete (R) 303.313 72 North Carolina (D) Jim Hunt (D) 809.088 48 79 E--Jesse Helms (R) 869.287 52 Oklahoma E--David Borens (D) 707 717 76 84 Bill Croner (R) 212.217 23 Oregon Marge Hendrikson (D) 71.992 34 28 E--Mark Hatheld (R) 140 713 66 Rhode Island E--Claiborne Pell (D) 276.245 73 99 Barbara Leonard (R) 103.294 27 South Carolina...
...last week, 23 Reagan-appointed ambassadors-among them the envoys to France, Mexico, Canada and NATO-endorsed Senator Jesse Helms in his race for re-election against Governor James Hunt...