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Eric Cunningham (Georgia)
Eric Cunningham (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 14th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 24, 2022.
Cunningham completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Eric Cunningham was born in Louisville, Kentucky.[1] Cunningham earned an associate degree in business administration and management from Volunteer State Community College in 1990, a bachelor's degree in finance from Middle Tennessee State University in 1993, and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix. His career experience includes working as an associate vice president of industrial products sales with Plastic Express and as the director of sales and a senior account manager with CSX.[1][2] Cunningham has served as a board member, vice chair, and committee chair for opioid and heroin awareness with the YMCA.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Georgia's 14th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Georgia District 14
Incumbent Marjorie Taylor Greene defeated Marcus Flowers in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 14 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) | 65.9 | 170,162 |
 | Marcus Flowers (D)  | 34.1 | 88,189 | |
| Total votes: 258,351 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Angela Pence (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 14
Marcus Flowers defeated Wendy Davis and Holly McCormack in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 14 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marcus Flowers | 74.7 | 20,082 |
 | Wendy Davis | 19.1 | 5,141 | |
 | Holly McCormack | 6.2 | 1,662 | |
| Total votes: 26,885 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 14
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 14 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marjorie Taylor Greene | 69.5 | 72,215 |
 | Jennifer Strahan | 16.9 | 17,595 | |
 | Eric Cunningham | 6.2 | 6,390 | |
 | James Haygood | 3.6 | 3,790 | |
 | Charles Lutin | 2.2 | 2,304 | |
 | Seth Synstelien | 1.5 | 1,547 | |
| Total votes: 103,841 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Clay (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Eric 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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- We need to stop the mandates and quit forcing hard working, tax paying Americans into taking a vaccination in which there is no data or history as to the long-effects. Human beings are being treated like cattle, herded through testing lines and vaccination lines based on lies. It's despicable and shameful. Let people choose for themselves and their children.
- We need to get this economy back on track and we need representatives who not only fight against the mandates that are killing jobs, but who also understand other issues challenging our economy and this district. A great example is the huge supply chain issue. I have been in supply chain for 25 years, having worked for CSX and now for Plastic Express. Why can't we do more for the 14th District of GA to increase the number of containers flowing between the Port of Savannah and the CSX/GPA terminal in Murray County. We need action figures, not full of big talk and no substance.
- I will vehemently protect our constitutional rights and protect the men and women who serve or have served our country, either in the military or within our communities. I will also work hard to support our veterans and help improve their benefits and their healthcare treatment and facilities.
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Campaign website
Cunningham's campaign website stated the following:
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U.S. MILITARY One of my biggest regrets in life is that I did not serve this great Country in the military. The men and women who have served are my true heroes. Our leaders and we as citizens should thank God each and every day for these brave soldiers and pray for the safety. We need to do more to support our military and their families and our veterans. Congress wastes too much money on totally unnecessary spending that would be better spent improving our military and making it stronger instead of sitting idly by while China becomes the strongest military in the world. We have to change our priorities and make smart and focused decisions before it's too late.
I wholeheartedly support our constitutional rights under the 2nd Amendment to keep and bear Arms. I freely exercise this right and firmly stand against any infringements. I will do everything in my power to defeat any suggested or proposed changes to this amendment.
I am 100% pro-life. I strongly oppose any federal funding to support abortion and believe that life begins at conception.
This is one of the key topics that drives my run to be a representative of the people. I strongly believe that our religious freedoms are being taken away from us both overtly and covertly. I believe God has been and continues to be removed from our daily lives, our families, our schools, and our communities. I also believe too many of our leaders, both at the state and federal levels, are not using judgement founded on Christian faith when making decisions for our country.
I support immigration, as long as it is done legally, and Biden has reversed much of what President Trump implemented to keep us safe. Biden is allowing lawlessness to cross our borders and is sending criminals in the dark of the night to a city near you without any say from the constituency. We cannot allow this to continue to happen. I believe that the U.S. should aggressively continue to build a border wall to keep our country and citizens safe and stop illegal immigration. The current administration and DOJ leadership have done a horrific job keeping us safe. They have willingly allowed our citizens to be put at risk by allowing potential terrorists and criminals to freely walk into our country unchecked, let alone those coming in with COVID-19,
I absolutely condemn mandates and believe they are unconstitutional. If someone decides to become vaccinated or not get vaccinated, that is perfectly fine, it should be their decision. Allowing our government to intervene in this decision and force people to get vaccinated, especially young kids, when there is not sufficient data or history to show the effects of the various vaccines is absurd.
Nothing is more critical to the future of Georgia and our Country than education. An education system that removes the history of the United States and replaces it with non-fact based and divisive material cannot be tolerated. Our U.S. history should be taught based on facts, not feelings. Our kids deserve better and parents need to be involved in their children's education. We cannot have an education system based on bias and division.[3] |
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| —Eric Cunningham's campaign website (2022)[4] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 23, 2021
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Eric Cunningham," accessed April 7, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ EricCunningham, “Issues,” accessed March 30, 2022
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