State Employees Association of North Carolina IMMEDIATE RELEASE Committee on Saturday
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NEWS RELEASE Contact: Dana Cope 919-833-6436 (office) 919-812-3618 (cell) IMMEDIATE RELEASE [email protected] August 27, 2012 State Employee PAC Endorses Bipartisan Slate of Candidates Members decide to stay out of governor, treasurer races RALEIGH - The State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC) today announces bipartisan endorsements for the general election in November. The endorsements are made through SEANC’s Employees Political Action Committee (EMPAC), which is a member-led subsidiary. After interviewing all major party candidates for governor and treasurer, the EMPAC members responsible for endorsements decided to not endorse any candidates in those races. For statewide office, EMPAC is endorsing the following candidates: • Linda Coleman for lieutenant governor • Elaine Marshall for secretary of state • June Atkinson for state superintendent of the department of public instruction • Beth Wood for state auditor “Never in my tenure at SEANC have our members endorsed such a dynamic and extensively bipartisan group of legislative candidates,” said SEANC Executive Director Dana Cope. The 66 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. Those 66 endorsed candidates are: N.C. Senate District 1 Stan M. White District 22 Mike Woodard District 4 Ed Jones District 23 Ellie Kinnaird District 5 Don Davis District 25 Gene McLaurin District 8 Bill Rabon District 26 Philip E. (Phil) Berger District 9 Thom Goolsby District 28 Gladys A. Robinson District 10 Brent Jackson District 32 Earline W. Parmon District 13 Michael Walters District 33 Stan Bingham District 14 Dan Blue District 36 Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. District 16 Josh Stein District 45 Dan Soucek District 18 Doug Berger District 46 John T. McDevitt District 19 Wesley Meredith District 48 Tom Apodaca District 21 Robert B. Clark III District 49 Martin L. Nesbitt (Continued on next page) State Employees Association of North Carolina P.O. Drawer 27727 - - Raleigh, NC 27611 - - 919-833-6436 - - 919-829-5829/fax - - www.seanc.org N.C. House District 3 Robert B. Cayton District 41 Tom Murry District 4 Jimmy Dixon District 50 Valerie Foushee District 5 Annie Ward Mobley District 54 Cathy Wright District 6 Paul Tine District 55 Dale Nelson District 7 Angela R. Bryant District 57 Mary Price (Pricey) Harrison District 9 Marian N. McLawhorn District 58 Alma Adams District 11 Duane Hall District 59 Jon Hardister District 12 George Graham District 60 Marcus Brandon District 18 Susi Hamilton District 62 John M. Blust District 19 Emilie Swearingen District 64 Dennis Riddell District 22 William Brisson District 70 Pat B. Hurley District 26 Leo Daughtry District 71 Evelyn Terry District 27 Michael H. Wray District 72 Edward (Ed) Hanes, Jr. District 28 James H. (J.H.) Langdon, Jr. District 77 Harry Warren District 30 Paul Luebke District 80 Jerry C. Dockham District 32 Nathan Baskerville District 83 Linda P. Johnson District 33 Rosa U. Gill District 88 Rob Bryan District 36 Nelson Dollar District 94 Jeffrey Elmore District 37 Paul Stam District 95 C. Robert Brawley District 38 Yvonne Lewis Holley District 114 Susan C. Fisher District 39 Darren Jackson District 117 Chuck McGrady SEANC, SEIU Local 2008, is the South’s leading state employee association 55,000 members strong. ### State Employees Association of North Carolina P.O. Drawer 27727 - - Raleigh, NC 27611 - - 919-833-6436 - - 919-829-5829/fax - - www.seanc.org.