EMPAC Areas

State EMPAC initiates and oversees the candidate endorsement process on the statewide level. Each of SEANC’s 52 districts is assigned to one of EMPAC’s 18 areas. The Area EMPAC consists of a chairperson, who also is a voting member of the State EMPAC; a vice chairperson; a secretary; and representatives from each SEANC district in that area (district chairperson, district EMPAC chairperson and at least two at-large members). Because each Area EMPAC has a representative on the State EMPAC, every District has a voice during the endorsement process.

Area A

SEANC Districts 1 and 2

Chair: Stuart Smith

Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Polk, Swain, Transylvania & Yancey counties

Area B

SEANC Districts 3 and 8

Chair: Kathy Howell

Allegheny, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes & Yadkin counties

Area C

SEANC Districts 5, 6 and 7

Chair: Charles Scruggs

Burke, Caldwell and McDowell counties

Area D

SEANC Districts 4 and 9

Chair: Barbara Leatherman

Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln & Rutherford counties

Area E

SEANC Districts 11, 12 and 13

Chair: Ali Davis

Anson, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Stanly & Union counties

Area F

SEANC Districts 10 and 18

Chair: Tonia Warnic

Anson, Cabarrus, Montgomery, Richmond, Rowan & Stanly counties

Area G

SEANC Districts 16 and 17

Chair: Walton Jones

At-Large: Willie Bailey

Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guiford, Randolph, Rockingham & Stokes counties

Area H

SEANC Districts 20 and 24

Chair: Allan Wooster

Bladen, Columbus, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Robeson & Scotland counties

Area J

SEANC Districts 19, 25 and 27

Chair: Kathy Ramsey

Orange & Durham counties

Area L

SEANC Districts 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 & 46

Chair: Jennifer Stewar

At-large: Teresa Murray

At-large: Tammy Tompkins

Wake County

Area M

SEANC Districts 22 and 23

Chair: Alina McCray

Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett & Robeson counties

Area N

SEANC Districts 61 and 62

Chair: Dean Butts

Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender & Sampson counties

Area P

SEANC Districts 59, 59 and 60

Chair: Hiawatha Jones

Greene, Johnston & Wayne counties.

Area Q

SEANC Districts 56 and 57

Chair: Daniel Radford

Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Northampton & Wilson counties

Area R

SEANC Districts 64 and 65

Chair: LaRanda Boone

Beaufort & Pitt counties

Area S

SEANC Districts 66, 67 and 70

Chair: Mike Kollock

Carteret, Craven, Jones, Lenoir & Pamlico counties

Area T

SEANC Districts 63, 68 and 69

Chair: Quinterlene Bowen

Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell & Washington counties