SEANC: No more ads planned

The State Employees Association of N.C. does not plan any more ads. 

The group, which represents 55,000 state workers, had previously run a full-page ad in the Charlotte Observer and the N&O calling for state Treasurer Richard Moore to release records about his handling of the state pension fund.

SEANC spokeswoman Erica Baldwin said that the ads were a one-time thing.

When the ads ran, the group argued that they were not aimed at hurting Moore's campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Baldwin repeated that argument this afternoon, adding that the group is not making an endorsement.

Earlier today, Moore's rival, Beverly Perdue, said she is asking her supporters not to run negative ads in the gubernatorial primary, but Baldwin said that was a separate issue regardless.

"It's really apples and oranges," she said. "Our ad was not against Richard Moore, but his practices in his office as state treasurer."