John Cunningham and the campaign put in a lot of great effort but came up short for a win in the election. John has made the call to congratulate Ed Markey on his win. At this point, Markey has around 75% of the vote and Cunningham has around 25%. This is somewhat similar to past challenges to Ed Markey. You can see the exact results at http://hosted.ap.org/specials/election_night_2008/election_map_premium/i...

We would like to give some heart felt thanks to everyone that volunteered, donated, or supported the campaign in any way. We had a wonderful time and made some great friends.

We knew all the long that it would be an extremely uphill battle to unseat a 32 year incumbent Democrat in Massachusetts, but we still wanted to try. We are happy to have had the opportunity to get out the freedom message to so many people throughout district. And this is only the beginning. It has given us experience and has helped us be more prepared for future opportunities.

Below are some final pictures from the campaign showing John holding signs at the polls:

Here is the video of the debate between John Cunningham and Congressman Ed Markey. We think John holds his own well against the long time congressman.
As a side note the moderator does make a mistake in the beginning about John's presidential vote, and John corrects it later on.

Follow the Constitution Get out of Iraq, stay out of Iran, and stop meddling in the affairs of other nations Keep the military strong by keeping it at home Repeal the Patriot Act and restore the Bill of Rights Reduce taxes and spending that burden our economy Keep our promises to seniors and veterans.  Stop raiding the social security trust fund.  Let young people opt out of this failed system. End government intrusion into our private lives End the "War on Drugs" Return to sound money, backed by gold or silver

John Cunningham is running to represent the 7th district of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives. He went unchallenged in the Republican primary on September 16th, 2008. In the general election on November 4th, 2008 he will be the only opponent to 32-year, Democratic incumbent Ed Markey.

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