Ka cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 2007, Cunningham ya goyi bayan Hillary Clinton a kamfeninta na neman shugabancin Amirka. A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2008, Cunningham ya kasance mafi yawan masu jefa kuri'a a gundumar majalisa ta 15 don yin aiki a matsayin wakili Hillary Clinton zuwa majalisar dattijai na Amurka.
Babban Taron Jam'iyyar Democrat na 2008. Cunningham ya sanar a farkon 2007 cewa yana la'akari da gudu don gwamnan Pennsylvania a 2010. Koyaya, a watan Yunin 2009, ya ba da sanarwar cewa ba zai nemi mukamin ba saboda damuwar dangi da kuma takaita lokaci. Cunningham ya tara kimanin $ 725,000 don kamfen mai yiwuwa a wannan lokacin.