1972 North Carolina Senate Race
“TONIGHT, LET US ALL JOIN HANDS IN RE-DEDICATION TO THE REAL MEANING OF AMERICA. LET US, IN GOOD FAITH AND TRUE FAITH, PREPARE TO SEND A MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON – A MESSAGE THAT ONLY A DECENT AND HONORABLE AND PRUDENT AMERICA CAN FULFILL THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF OUR PEOPLE. THAT KIND OF AMERICA WE MUST HAVE;
THAT KIND OF AMERICAN WE WILL HAVE.”
Those words were spoken on November 7, 1972, the night Jesse Helms won his first election to the United States Senate. 2017 marked the 45th anniversary of that first victory and below you can view some items from the Archives related to the Senate campaign.
