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

• Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Polk, Swain, Transyvania & Yancey counties
• Chairman: Jim Pressley, jkpjr@frontier.com

Area B

• SEANC Districts 3 & 8
• Allegheny, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes & Yadkin counties
• Chairwoman: Kathy Howell, howellkn@gmail.com

Area C

• SEANC Districts 5,6 & 7
• Burke, Caldwell and McDowell counties
• Chairman: Henry Belada, woodchop7@charter.net

Area D

• SEANC Districts 4 & 9
• Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln & Rutherford counties
• Chairwoman: Barbara Leatherman, leatherlee@charter.net

Area E

• SEANC Districts 11, 12 & 13
• Anson, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Stanly & Union counties
• Chairwoman: Marilyn Jean Martin, 53mjmartin@gmail.com

Area F

• SEANC Districts 10 & 18
• Anson, Cabarrus, Montgomery, Richmond, Rowan & Stanly counties
• Chairman: James Hartley, hartleyjames2000@yahoo.com

Area G

• SEANC Districts 16 & 17
• Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guiford, Randolph, Rockingham & Stokes counties
• Chairman: Dan Efird, defirdjr@triad.rr.com
• At-Large: Linda Moore, dmoore27052@yahoo.com

Area H

• SEANC Districts 20 & 24
• Bladen, Columbus, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Robeson & Scotland counties
• Chairwoman: Anne Marie Bellamy, silverpony3179@yahoo.com

Area J

• SEANC Districts 19, 25 & 27
• Orange & Durham counties
• Chairman: John Gullo, johnagullo@outlook.com

Area K

• SEANC Districts 21 & 26
• Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance & Warren counties
• Chairwoman: Gloria Upperman, ugm101@aol.com

Area L

• SEANC Districts 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 & 47
• Wake County
• Chairman: Patsy Acquista, paquista1@gmail.com
• At-large: Doranna Anderson, doranna.anderson@gmail.com
• At-large: Mark Dearmon, mdearmon2723@att.net

Area M

• Districts 22 & 23
• Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett & Robeson counties
• Chairwoman: Andrew Boyd, ogaboyd4u@yahoo.ie

Area N

• Districts 61 & 62
• Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender & Sampson counties
• Chairman: Gail Watson, gail.watson1021@gmail.com

Area P

• Districts 58, 59 & 60
• Greene, Johnston & Wayne counties.
• Chairwoman: Hiawatha Jones, joneshiawatha@gmail.com

Area Q

• Districts 56 & 57
• Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Northampton & Wilson counties
• Chairman: Greg Gregory, hdgreg43@gmail.com

Area R

• Districts 64 & 65
• Beaufort & Pitt counties
• Chairman: Cynthia Hart, chartcast@yahoo.com

Area S

• Districts 66, 67 & 70
• Carteret, Craven, Jones, Lenoir & Pamlico counties
• Chairman: Mike Kollock, kollock@yahoo.com

Area T

• Districts 63, 68 & 69
• Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell & Washington counties
• Chairwoman: Quinterlene Bowen, quinterlen@aol.com