Adam Cunningham

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Adam Cunningham
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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

July 19, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

University of Maryland Global Campus, 2021

Personal
Religion
Non-denominational Christian
Profession
Computer repair and programming
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Adam Cunningham (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Maryland State Senate to represent District 39. He lost in the Democratic primary on July 19, 2022.

Cunningham completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Adam Cunningham earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland Global Campus in 2021. His career experience includes working in computer repair and programming. Cunningham has been affiliated with No Limits Outreach Ministries.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Maryland State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Maryland State Senate District 39

Incumbent Nancy King defeated Moshe Landman in the general election for Maryland State Senate District 39 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Nancy King
Nancy King (D)
 
86.2
 
25,188
Image of Moshe Landman
Moshe Landman (G) Candidate Connection
 
12.3
 
3,582
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.6
 
457

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 29,227
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 39

Incumbent Nancy King defeated Adam Cunningham in the Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 39 on July 19, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Nancy King
Nancy King
 
81.1
 
8,662
Image of Adam Cunningham
Adam Cunningham Candidate Connection
 
18.9
 
2,024

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 10,686
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Adam Cunningham completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cunningham's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Adam Cunningham is a young black man who decided to run after seeing the social and economic pressures in his community and the stagnation of the state legislature to act on them. He graduated from the University of Maryland Global Campus in 2021 and decided to pursue his career in Computer Science while also running for office. Adam is an average person who believes that average people should run for office, not those with career aspirations for power.
  • Planting the seeds of mutual aid in my state!
  • We will raise the minimum wage to $25, the average wage needed to live comfortably in Maryland.
  • Actual leftism and progress within the state legislature is my goal.
Climate policy

Healthcare
Economic issues
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Union expansion
Government accountability
Police abolition

ICE abolition
On principle, I view everyone as having an equal standing to myself, but if I had to choose someone who made a strong impact in my life, it would be my church pastor, Pastor Oliver Carter. His unrelenting want to help others was one of many factors that led me to what I believe today.

I'd like to build upon the ideas and tactics created by various anarchist groups and apply as many as I can to my life and for the betterment of our communities. From mutual aid and direct action to establishing gift economies, these are all concepts that I would like to live by and would encourage as many as I could to also subscribe to.
People could start with some readings by Murray Bookchin, but they could easily find a lot of his work and others on "The Anarchist Library" website.
Their ability and want to help as all of the downtrodden and be willing to supply help for everyone regardless of their economic or social status.
Anyone running for office at this point need to be willing to challenge the established norms of our system and either effectively point out its flaws or dismantle them entirely.
I'd like to leave a legacy of people who challenge the system we live in, both internally and externally. When I leave this state senate seat, I only hope the next person is just as or even more willing to push for radical policies that will benefit everyone.
The first historical event that I can recall that also largely shaped my ideology was the Housing Market Crisis and the Great Recession. I was about 13 at the time, and my mom had just been laid off from her job. From that point on, we were struggling to make ends meet, which motivated me to start looking for work to try and help my mother pay the bills.
My first unofficial job was walking dogs in my local neighborhood at age 13, which I did for about 2 years. My first official job was as a showroom attendant at Chuck E. Cheese's, which I had for about a year.
Between House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I can't choose between the two. I love sci fi novels, and the House of Suns has a very gripping story filled with intense moments and space stuff galore. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is just hilarious.
I'd probably want to be an Avatar from Avatar: The Last Airbender series of shows, if only because I'd want to use my power over the elements to help people and build things and stuff.
La Rumba no Canto Mas by Alex Torres and his Latin Orchestra
Paying bills.
I personally believe that the governorship should be abolished and that the state legislature should be comprised of a horizontal hierarchy of Delegate members only, and that's only if we would like to keep the state legislature as part of our system of governance.
Climate change

Slow wage growth

Housing
The benefits of a unicameral state legislature are better representation and much less gridlock on important issues. The drawbacks would be that it is a state legislature, therefore it's actions likely would follow the needs of capital rather than the people they are meant to represent.
No I don't, in fact I believe that it is detrimental to the idea of a state legislature that one pursue it as a career, or as part of a career. The state legislature should be run by regular people, because it is those people who know what is best for their communities and not careerist politicians.
I'm ambivalent towards the process of redistricting. The only thing that matters is that people are properly represented and that districts are not gerrymandered or created in any way to benefit one party over another.
I would like to be part of the Finance, Budget and Taxation, and Rules committees.
Nope!
Not in the slightest!
Electoral politics lol

Also "What do you call a factory that makes okay products? A satisfactory."
Yes.
Sometimes, but it isn't a priority.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 16, 2021


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