US Senate candidate Cal Cunningham picked up a number of solid endorsements in the past week, including one from former US Senate candidate Jim Neal.
“I’ve watched Cal closely as he’s taken his campaign to the people of North Carolina. I want to tell you directly – Cal Cunningham is the real deal,” Neal wrote in a letter to supporters on Monday.
On May 21, a group of nine Forsyth County elected officials, including Reps. Larry Womble and Earline Parmon, officially endorsed Cunningham’s candidacy during a press conference at the Forsyth County Board of Elections. Cunningham, a former state Senator and Army prosecutor, also won the endorsements of Winston-Salem City Council members James Taylor and Derwin Montgomery, as well as County Commissioner Walter Marshall and school board member Vic Johnson.
Cunningham has also been endorsed by the North Carolina Association of Educators, North Carolina Teamsters, the Sierra Club, the Winston-Salem Journal, and General Wesley Clark. Last week, Ken Lewis, who garnered 17 percent of the vote in the May 4 Democratic primary, endorsed the candidacy of NC Secretary of State Elaine Marshall.
Marshall defeated Cunningham by 9 percentage points in the primary for the US Senate seat currently held by Republican Richard Burr. However, Marshall failed to win 40 percent of the vote, thereby forcing a runoff election on June 22. A May 12 survey by Public Policy Polling revealed that Marshall and Cunningham are in a dead heat with each candidate receiving support from 36 percent of the survey’s respondents.
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