[WVKayaker]

HELMS, Jesse, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Monroe, Union County, N.C., October 18, 1921; educated in the public schools of Monroe, Wingate Junior College, and Wake Forest College; served in the United States Navy 1942-1945; city editor, Raleigh Times; administrative assistant to United States Senators Willis Smith 1951-1953 and Alton Lennon 1953; executive director, North Carolina Bankers Association 1953-1960; member, Raleigh City Council 1957-1961; television and radio executive 1960-1972; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1972 and reelected in 1978, 1984, 1990 and again in 1996 and served from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 2003; not a candidate for reelection in 2002;..

[fieldmarshaldj]

That’s not the same seat. Democrat Kay Hagan is in the Jesse Helms seat (and with Burr’s reelection, it will become the “cursed” seat).

The Burr seat history of the past 42 years:
1968, Democrat Sam Ervin wins final term (last to be reelected in this seat)
1974, Democrat Robert Morgan wins
1980, Morgan defeated by Republican John East
1986, East commits suicide, Republican Jim Broyhill appointed
11/1986, Broyhill defeated by Democrat Terry Sanford
1992, Sanford defeated by Republican Lauch Faircloth
1998, Faircloth defeated by Democrat John Edwards
2004, Edwards quits, Republican Richard Burr wins seat