Progressive groups endorse candidates on WNC ballot

Often the best way to select candidates with whom you are unfamiliar is to look at who is supporting the candidates. The following endorsements are by generally progressive groups in the county and state,

Buncombe County Board of Commissioners
Cecil Bothwell (endorsed Obama early)
(endorsed by National Organization for Women, Sierra Club, Buncombe County Green Party, Democracy for America-Asheville, Progressive Democrats of America)

Holly Jones
(endorsed by Sierra Club, Democracy for America-Asheville, Progressive Democrats of America)
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U.S. Senate Jim Neal (endorsed Obama early)
(endorsed by Democracy for America-Asheville, Blue America PAC, Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg
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Governor - Richard Moore (first governor candidate to endorse Obama)
(endorsed by Equality NC
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Lieutenant Governor - Dan Besse
(endorsed by Sierra Club, Democracy for America-Asheville, Durham People’s Alliance, Progressive Democrats of North Carolina, ccnc.jpg Conservation Council of North Carolina, Sierra Club)
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Lieutenant Governor - Hampton Dellinger
(endorsed by NC AFL-CIO, Char-Meck Black Political Caucus, NARAL, Durham People’s Alliance)
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Auditor- Beth A. Wood
(endorsed by The North Carolina State AFL-CIO, Durham People’s Alliance Political Action Committee, N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers)
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Commissioner of Insurance - Wayne Goodwin
(endorsed by Democracy for America-Asheville, Equality NC, Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina Association of Educators, N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers, United Transportation Union, The Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People)
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Commissioner of Labor - Robin Anderson
(endorsed by N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers, Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Raleigh-Wake Citizens Association)
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Superintendent of Public Instruction -June Atkinson
(endorsed by AFL-CIO of N.C., NARAL North Carolina, Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Raleigh-Wake Citizens Association, Simkins PAC, Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Central North Carolina, Equality NC)
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State Treasurer - Senator Janet Cowell
(endorsed by Equality NC, NARAL, Sierra Club, Democracy for America, Conservation Council of NC, Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, AFL-CIO of N.C., N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers, Emily’s List, NASW -PACE )
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(Back of the ballot, non-partisan judgeships)

Court of Appeals - James Wynn
(endorsed by North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers Endorsement, North Carolina Association of Educators Endorsement, Wake County Voter Coalition, The Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, Raleigh Wake Citizens Association, NC Police Benevolent Association, Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Equality North Carolina, AFL-CIO)

Court of Appeals - Kristin Ruth
(endorsed by North Carolina Association of Educators, North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers,North Carolina AFL-CIO, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Black Political Caucus, Raleigh Wake Citizens Association, Durham People’s Alliance, Equality NC PAC, Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, Simkins PAC -Greensboro)