EMPAC announces endorsements for primary election

Feb 09, 2016

The State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC) today announces bipartisan endorsements for the primary election on March 15. The endorsements are made through SEANC’s Employees Political Action Committee (EMPAC), which is a member-led subsidiary.

“SEANC members are proud to support candidates who share our beliefs in the importance of state employees and the work we do,” said statewide EMPAC Chairman Tony Smith.

The 41 bipartisan endorsements in races for the General Assembly are a result of recommendations from SEANC members at the district level. Those recommendations were then confirmed by the statewide committee on Saturday. Primary endorsements are made in competitive primary elections only. EMPAC will go through its endorsements process again in the fall for the general election.

The 41 endorsed candidates are:

N.C. House

District 6 - Warren Judge (D)

District 10 - John Bell (R)

District 14 - George Cleveland (R)

District 21 - Larry Bell (D)

District 22 - William Brisson (D)

District 24 - Jean Farmer-Butterfield (D)

District 27 - Michael Wray (D)

District 28 - Tony Braswell (R)

District 32 - Terry Garrison (D)

District 33 - Rosa Gill (D)

District 36 - Nelson Dollar (R)

District 39 - Darren Jackson (D)

District 47 - Charles Graham (D)

District 48 - Garland Pierce (D)

District 49 - Gary Pendleton (R)

District 50 - Graig Meyer (D)

District 52 - Jamie Boles (R)

District 53 - David Lewis (R)

District 56 - Verla Insko (D)

District 60 - Cecil Brockman (D)

District 70 - Pat Hurley (R)

District 75 - Donny Lambeth (R)

District 83 - Linda Johnson (R)

District 84 - Rena Turner (R)

District 87 - George Robinson (R)

District 89 - Mitchell Setzer (R)

District 93 - Jonathan Jordan (R)

District 97 - Jason Saine (R)

District 108 - John Torbett (R)

District 111 - Tim Moore (R)

District 117 - Chuck McGrady (R)

N.C. Senate

District 3 - Erica Smith-Ingram (D)

District 4 - Angela Bryant (D)

District 6 - Harry Brown (R)

District 11 - Rick Horner (R)

District 16 - Ellis Hankins (D)

District 25 - Tom McInnis (R)

District 26 - Phil Berger (R)

District 30 - Shirley Randleman (R)

District 31 - Joyce Krawiec (R)

District 35 - Tommy Tucker (R)