Cal Cunningham
This photo was uploaded by wikimedia commons user Graysonbarnette.Bio | Cal Cunningham is a former state legislator and veteran. |
Status and Position | Former State Senator of North Carolina |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, North Carolina |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 Senate Election North Carolina 1 | North Carolina 1 | Yes | Running | 50% |
Campaign Financing | Cunningham has raised about seven and a half million dollars in contributions. He has pledged not to accept any contributions from any corporate PACs. |
Voting Rights | Cunningham believes in protecting and expanding the right to vote. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | Cunningham is supportive of moving towards universal health care. He is concerned by the fact 1 million Americans still live without any kind of healthcare. He hopes to simultaneously bring down costs while working with the Affordable Care Act to expand coverage. |
| Socialized Healthcare | For | Cunningham vows to stand up to legislation that seeks to strip socialized programs of their merit. |
| Private Healthcare | Against | He would like the government to have more negotiating power against private healthcare in order to bring down prices. |
| LGBT Rights | For | He promotes LGBT rights. Cunningham supports the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and the Equality Act. He stands with the LGBT community in his pursuit of anti-discrimination bills. |
| Taxes | Unknown | His opinion on reforming the tax system is unclear. N/A |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | He has not taken a stance on a flat tax rate. N/A |
| Abortion | For | He is pro-choice. Cunningham is a strong believer that intimate healthcare decisions should not be made by the government. As such, he vows to fight any limitations that might impose a woman's right to choose. |
| Gun Control | For | He supports gun control. Cunningham sees gun control as a means of gun violence. He is a proponent of more comprehensive background checks and the prohibition of high-capacity magazines. |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | He has not expressed a stance on assisted suicide. Cunningham sees gun control as a means of gun violence. He is a proponent of more comprehensive background checks and the prohibition of high-capacity magazines. |
| Government Interference | For | Cunningham supports government interference. |
| Planned Parenthood | For | He has been endorsed by the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. |
| Welfare | For | Cunningham advocates for welfare programs. He supports public investment in welfare programs. Specifically, Cunningham has promoted the expansion of Medicaid in North Carolina. |
| Welfare | Unknown | He has not taken a stance on stem cell research. |
| Death Penalty | Nuance | He only supports the death penalty in some instances. Cunningham has expressed that capital punishment should still exist as an option in some cases. In instances such as terrorism, he believes that the death penalty could still be justifiable. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Against | Cunningham would like to reform mandatory prison sentences for non-violent offenders as a means of alleviating the burden of mass incarceration. |
| Military Spending | For | He believes in a big defense budget in order to provide our military with the funds it needs. |
| War on Terrorism | For | Cunningham advocates for preserving national security against the threat of terrorism. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Unknown | He has not taken a stance on international interaction. N/A |
| United Nations power | Unknown | He does not have an opinion on the legitimacy of the United Nations. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | He has not taken a stance on nationalism. |
| Free Markets | Against | He does not advocate for free markets. Cunningham sees the need for government regulation in the free market. For example, Cunningham supports intervention against Big Pharma by guaranteeing lower prescription drug costs. In this way, he sees a mixed economy as necessary. |
| Brexit | Unknown | He has not taken a stance on Brexit. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | He does not have a public stance yet on affirmative action. |
| Government Spending | For | Cunningham is in favor of government spending specifically in the form of investing in infrastructure. |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | He does not yet have a strong position on charter schools. |
| Common Core | Unknown | His position on this issue is unknown. N/A |
| Clean Energy | For | He is supportive of clean energy. He helped build a nationally-recognized environmental company. Thus, he has promised to advocate for policies that create green energy jobs. |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | He does not have a stance on religious freedom. N/A |
| Separation of Church and State | For | He advocates for the separation of church and state. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | His position on reparations is unknown. |
| Border Control | Nuance | He is not necessarily for increased border security. Cunningham wants to pass comprehensive immigration reform. He would like to protect DREAMers and offer a more substantial path to citizenship. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | He has not taken a stance on this issue. |
| DACA | For | Cunningham is a proponent of DACA. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | He does not yet have a position on sanctuary cities. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | For | Cunningham generally supports legalizing marijuana on the terms of individual states. |
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