RALEIGH — EMPAC, the political arm of the State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC), today announced bipartisan endorsements for legislative candidates in the upcoming general election.

The Employees Political Action Committee (EMPAC) is a member-led subsidiary of SEANC that is funded entirely by voluntary member donations. A statewide committee of SEANC members makes bipartisan endorsements in races for the General Assembly.

SEANC is a 46,000-member association of state employees and retirees from all 100 counties in North Carolina that is committed to protecting and enhancing the rights and benefits of current, retired, and future state employees.

(*= Incumbent)

N.C. Senate

District 1 — Bobby Hanig (R)*

District 5 — Kandie Smith (D)*

District 7 — Michael Lee (R)*

District 8 — Bill Rabon (R)*

District 9 — Brent Jackson (R)*

District 10 — Benton Sawrey (R)*

District 11 — Lisa Stone Barnes (R)*

District 12 — Jim Burgin (R)*

District 13 — Lisa Grafstein (D)*

District 14 — Dan Blue (D)*

District 15 — Jay J. Chaudhuri (D)*

District 16 — Gale Adcock (D)*

District 17 — Sydney Batch (D)*

District 18 — Terence Everitt (D)

District 19 — Val Applewhite (D)*

District 20 — Natalie Murdock (D)*

District 21 — Tom McInnis (R)*

District 23 — Graig Meyer (D)*

District 24 — Danny Earl Britt, Jr. (R)*

District 25 — Amy Scott Galey (R)*

District 26 — Philip E. (Phil) Berger (R)*

District 28 — Gladys A. Robinson (D)*

District 29 — David Craven, Jr. (R)*

District 31 — Dana Caudill Jones (R)

District 32 — Paul Lowe, Jr (D)*

District 34 — Paul Newton (R)*

District 36 — Eddie Settle (R)*

District 37 — Vickie Sawyer (R)*

District 38 — Mujtaba Mohammed (D)*

District 39 — DeAndrea Salvador (D)*

District 40 — Joyce Waddell (D)*

District 43 — Brad Overcash (R)*

District 45 — Mark Hollo (R)

District 46 — Warren Daniel (R)*

District 49 — Julie Mayfield (D)*

N.C. House

District 1 — Ed Goodwin (R)*

District 2 — Ray Jeffers (D)*

District 4 — Jimmy Dixon (R)*

District 5 — Howard Hunter III (D)

District 7 — Matthew Winslow (R)*

District 10 — John Bell (R)*

District 11 — Allison Dahle (D)*

District 12 — Chris Humphrey (R)*

District 14 — Wyatt Gable (R)

District 15 — Phil Shepard (R)*

District 16 — Carson Smith (R)*

District 18 — Deb Butler (D)*

District 19 — Charles Miller (R)*

District 21 — Ya Liu (D)*

District 22 — William Brisson (R)*

District 23 — Shelly Willingham (D)*

District 24 — Dante Pittman (D)

District 25 — Lorenza M. Wilkins (D)

District 26 — Donna McDowell White (R)*

District 28 — Larry Strickland (R)*

District 29 — Vernetta Alston (D)*

District 30 — Marcia Morey (D)*

District 31 — Zack Hawkins (D)*

District 33 — Monika Johnson-Hostler (D)

District 34 — Tim Longest (D)*

District 35 — Evonne S. Hopkins (D)

District 36 — Julie von Haefen (D)*

District 37 — Erin Paré (R)*

District 38 — Abe Jones (D)*

District 39 — James Roberson (D)*

District 40 — Joe John (D)*

District 41 — Maria Cervania (D)*

District 42 — Mike Colvin (D)

District 43 — Dianne Wheatley (R)*

District 44 — Charles Smith (D)*

District 45 — Frances Vinell Jackson (D)*

District 46 — Brenden Jones (R)*

District 47 — Jarrod Lowery (R)*

District 48 — Garland Pierce (D)*

District 49 — Cynthia Ball (D)*

District 50 — Renee Price (D)*

District 51 — John Sauls (R)*

District 52 — Ben Moss Jr (R)*

District 54 — Robert Reives II (D)*

District 56 — Allen Buansi (D)*

District 58 — Amos Quick (D)*

District 60 — Cecil Brockman (D)*

District 62 — Marjorie Benbow (D)

District 63 — Stephen Ross (R)*

District 64 — Dennis Riddell (R)*

District 66 — Sarah Crawford (D)*

District 69 — Dean Arp (R)*

District 70 — Brian Biggs (R)*

District 71 — Kanika Brown (D)*

District 72 — Amber Baker (D)*

District 73 — Diamond Staton-Williams (D)*

District 75 — Donny Lambeth (R)*

District 76 — Harry Warren (R)*

District 77 — Julia Howard (R)*

District 81 — Larry Potts (R)*

District 84 — Jeffrey McNeely (R)*

District 85 — Dudley Greene (R)*

District 86 — Hugh Blackwell (R)*

District 87 — Destin Hall (R)*

District 88 — Mary Belk (D)*

District 89 — Mitchell Setzer (R)*

District 90 — Sarah Stevens (R)*

District 91 — Kyle Hall (R)*

District 92 — Terry Brown (D)*

District 93 — Ray Pickett (R)*

District 98 — Beth Helfrich (D)

District 99 — Nasif Majeed (D)*

District 101 — Carolyn Logan (D)*

District 102 — Becky Carney (D)*

District 104 — Brandon Lofton (D)*

District 106 — Carla Cunningham (D)*

District 108 — John Torbett (R)*

District 110 — Kelly Hastings (R)*

District 113 — Jake Johnson (R)*

District 114 — Eric Ager (D)*

District 115 — Lindsey Prather (D)*

District 116 — Brian Turner (D)

District 117 — Jennifer Balkcom (R)*

District 119 — Mike Clampitt (R)*

District 120 — Karl Gillespie (R)*