RALEIGH - The State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC) today announces bipartisan endorsements for the primary election on May 6. 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, regardless of political party, who prioritize public services and the people who provide them,” said statewide EMPAC Chairman Wayne Fish.

The 23 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. The 23 endorsed candidates are:

N.C. Senate

District 1: Stan White (D-Dare)

District 3: Erica Smith-Ingram (D-Northampton)

District 4: Angela Bryant* (D-Nash)

District 5: Don Davis* (D-Greene)

District 30: Shirley Randleman* (R-Wilkes)

District 33: Stan Bingham* (R-Davidson)

District 39: Bob Rucho* (R-Mecklenburg)

District 47 Michael Lavender (R-McDowell)

N.C. House

District 2: Ray Jeffers (D-Person)

District 5: Annie Mobley* (D-Hertford)

District 7: Bobbie Richardson* (D-Franklin)

District 14: George Cleveland* (R-Onslow)

District 15: Phillip Shepard* (R-Onslow)

District 23: Shelly Willingham (D-Edgecombe)

District 24: Jean Farmer-Butterfield* (D-Wilson)

District 26: Leo Daughtry* (R-Johnston)

District 27: Michael Wray* (D-Northampton)

District 60: Cecil Brockman (D-Guilford)

District 70: Pat Hurley* (R-Randolph)

District 84: Rena Turner* (R-Iredell)

District 89: Mitchell Setzer* (R-Catawba)

District 95: C. Robert Brawley* (R-Iredell)

District 111: Tim Moore* (R-Cleveland)

*Denotes incumbents

Previously, EMPAC endorsed Boz Zellinger for Wake County District Attorney in February.

Click here for a printable PDF of EMPAC's General Assembly endorsements.