James Calvin "Cal" Cunningham III (born August 6, 1973) is an American lawyer, politician, and retired military officer. A member of the Democratic Party and a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserve, he served one term as a North Carolina state senator from 2001 to 2003. Having previously run for United States Senate in a 2010 primary, Cunningham was the Democratic nominee[1] for the 2020 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina, narrowly losing to incumbent Republican Thom Tillis.[2]
Cunningham was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and grew up in Lexington, North Carolina. He attended Vanderbilt University before transferring to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 1996 with a bachelor's degree in political science and philosophy.[3][4] In the summer of 1993, Cunningham attended American University and interned on Capitol Hill for a subcommittee chaired by Senator Carl Levin.[5]
Cunningham received a Master of Science in public policy and public administration from the London School of Economics and a Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law.[6]
In 2002, Cunningham was commissioned in the Army Reserve, Judge Advocate General's Corps. He is a graduate of the Officer Basic Course, Airborne School, and the Judge Advocate Officer Advanced Course.[7]
From 2007 to 2008, Cunningham was mobilized as the senior trial counsel for the Multi-National Corps in Iraq.[8] He was lead counsel in the first court-martial since 1968 of a contractor under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.[9][10] In 2011, Cunningham was assigned to work with a special operations task force in Afghanistan.[11]
In November 2000, Cunningham was elected to represent the 23rd Senate district of the North Carolina General Assembly, which included parts of Davidson, Rowan, and Iredell Counties.[12] At the time of his election, he was North Carolina’s youngest legislator.[13] After his election, a defeated opponent challenged Cunningham’s eligibility on the basis that he had moved back to the district a few days too late to meet the requirement of having lived there for a full year, but the courts rejected the challenge.[14] Cunningham declined to run for reelection after his district’s territory was split between three Republican-leaning districts.[8]
Cunningham worked at the Wallace & Graham law firm from 2003 until 2004, when he joined Kilpatrick Townsend.[8][6]
Since 2003, Cunningham has served as an appointee of the Governor on the Board of Trustees of Davidson County Community College.[15] He also served as an appointee of the Governor on the North Carolina Banking Commission.[16] He is a former vice chair of the Governor's Crime Commission.[17][18]
In 2013, Cunningham joined the environmental services company WasteZero as vice president, government affairs, and general counsel. WasteZero helps support pay-as-you-throw waste reduction systems which municipalities in North Carolina and elsewhere have debated implementing.[19][20] Cunningham left WasteZero in March 2020, shortly after winning the Democratic nomination, but continues to work for the company as an independent contractor.[21][22]
In 2010, Cunningham ran for the U.S. Senate seat held by Richard Burr.[23][24][25] Retired NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Wesley Clark endorsed Cunningham, saying that he would be "the first veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to serve in the U.S. Senate", as did the state's largest organization of teachers, the North Carolina Association of Educators.[26][27] He finished second in the primary, but since no candidate received 40% of the vote, he advanced to a runoff with the first-place finisher, North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, who ultimately won the nomination.[28]
Cunningham originally declared his candidacy for lieutenant governor of North Carolina,[29][30] but he withdrew in June 2019 to run for the United States Senate seat held by Thom Tillis instead.[31] During the primary, a Republican-allied Super PAC spent $3 million on ads attacking Cunningham and supporting left-wing state Senator Erica Smith in order to "amplify fault lines in the Democratic party."[32][33][34] On March 3, 2020, Cunningham won the Democratic primary with 57% of the vote.[35]
Cunningham stated his support of the Affordable Care Act and called for the expansion of Medicaid in North Carolina, as well as a public health insurance option.[36][37] He stated his opposition to the Green New Deal and his support for significant investment in green jobs and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.[32]
In July 2020, incumbent Republican Thom Tillis claimed Cunningham had been "silent" on the issue of defunding the police, saying, "I assume his silence is consent." Cunningham had published an op-ed a month earlier stating his opposition to defunding the police, instead advocating police reform, including policies that "counsel de-escalation, prohibit chokeholds, limit no-knock warrants, and specifically address the use of deadly force."[38][39]
Cunningham led Tillis in the polls throughout much of the campaign.[40]
On October 3, the New York Times wrote that the race had fallen into "utter mayhem" within a period of a few hours after Tillis tested positive for COVID-19 and Cunningham admitted to exchanging sexual text messages with a woman who was not his wife, damaging an image that leaned heavily on his character and military service. Days later, the woman stated that she had a consensual physical relationship with Cunningham in 2020.[41] The Army Reserve started an investigation into Cunningham.[42] The husband of the woman who stated that she had had an affair with Cunningham, himself an Army veteran, called on Cunningham to drop out of the Senate race.[43] Asked repeatedly whether he had had other extramarital affairs, Cunningham declined to answer.[44][45][46][47]
Following the disclosure of the texts and his response, Cunningham "assumed a position of complete radio silence, withdrawing from the campaign trail [save] for a last-minute appearance in Charlotte with the rapper Common".[48] In late October, Cunningham's polling lead eroded.[49]
Tillis defeated Cunningham, 48.7%-47%, on Election Day.[50] On November 10, 2020, a week after Election Day, Cunningham called Tillis to concede the race.[51]
For his service in Iraq, Cunningham was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service as a lead investigator examining contractors.[52][53] In 2009, he received the General Douglas MacArthur Award for Leadership.[54][55]
Cunningham is a recipient of a Jaycees' Distinguished Service Award.[56]
In 2007, Cunningham was selected for a Marshall Memorial Fellowship.[57]
Cunningham and his wife, Elizabeth, have two children.[58][59] As of September 2020, he was an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church.[60]
In October 2020, it was reported that Cunningham had exchanged sexually suggestive messages with a married woman who was not his wife. Cunningham confirmed the texts were authentic and apologized for his behavior.[59][58] The woman stated that she had a consensual physical relationship with Cunningham in 2020.[61][62] The Army Reserve started an investigation into Cunningham.[63]
Policy Study Report Update GCC Vice Chairman Cal Cunningham
Winston-Salem Journal, Lexington-Dispatch, and Triad Business Journal: December 8: Cal Cunningham announced that he will run for U.S. Senate in 2010.
Cunningham said he received the medal for his efforts with the U.S. Department of Justice to prosecute contractors who were serving with and accompanying the armed forces. He served as lead investigator in a case that turned into the first court-martial of a contractor since 1968. His work resulted in a comprehensive system for ensuring contractors are held responsible for crimes committed while in Iraq.
But the favorite, at least among some Democrats in Washington, seems to be Cal Cunningham, an attorney and former one-term state senator who served in Iraq and was awarded the Bronze Star.
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