These pumpkins made it past the "primaries" and ran for the Grand Prize on November 4th, 2008.  We've announced our winners, but you can still show your love and vote for your favorite!

Hope

"Hope" pumpkin by Monica Fedrick

*This is our Pumpkins for Change "cover pumpkin".

Bush vs. Truth

"Bush vs. Truth" pumpkin by Rich Newman

Please visit www.tagyerit.com for more of Rich's pumpkins, political thoughts, and info on the band Tag Yer It.

Vote Obama

"Vote Obama" pumpkin by Dee DuMont, Bainbridge Island, WA

Relentlessly Wrong

"Relentlessly Wrong" pumpkin by Rich Newman

Please visit www.tagyerit.com for more of Rich's pumpkins, political thoughts, and info on the band Tag Yer It.

Who Will Get Us to the Clean Energy Finish Line?

"Who Will Get Us to Clean Energy..." pumpkin by Rich Newman

Please visit www.tagyerit.com for more of Rich's pumpkins, political thoughts, and info on the band Tag Yer It.

Obama, Yes, I Can

"Obama, Yes, I Can" pumpkin by Jamie Striplin, Arvada, Colorado

My friends and I were carving pumpkins last night and I was having a hard time deciding what to carve on mine when it hit me... I should do Obama's face! I decided to search out the internet for a picture of him all the while my friends and husband teasing me that it would be too challenging for me to carve because I was not the best pumpkin carver. This only encouraged me to do a better job than I had ever done on a pumpkin carving. When I had finished with the pumpkin after 2 hours of meticulous carving my friends were amazed as was I. This pumpkin signifies to me everything Obama is going through with his campaign. Hard work, but well worth it because it is and will be an amazing outcome!

Obama Pumpkin

"Obama Pumpkin" by Anthony Ramirez

Done in a little over two hours with sculpting tools, an x-acto knife, and a WHOLE LOT OF PATIENCE!!!

Obamakin

"Obamakin" by Anonymous

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Vote: Change Will Do You Good

"Vote: Change Will Do You Good" pumpkin by Rich Newman

Please visit www.tagyerit.com for more of Rich's pumpkins, political thoughts, and info on the band Tag Yer It.

See the Light

"See the Light" pumpkin by Noah Lott

What A Mess...

"What A Mess..." pumpkin by Rich Newman

Please visit www.tagyerit.com for more of Rich's pumpkins, political thoughts, and info on the band Tag Yer It.

No One Died When Clinton Lied

"No One Died When Clinton Lied" pumpkin by Rich Newman

Please visit www.tagyerit.com for more of Rich's pumpkins, political thoughts, and info on the band Tag Yer It.

Change

"Change" pumpkin by Stephanie Attard, Long Island, NY

Barack O'lantern

"Barack O'lantern" pumpkin by Carmen Mercer, Spokane, WA

THE Man

"THE Man" pumpkin by Mannie Liscum, Columbia, MO

I spend a lot of time carving pumpkins during the Halloween
season and given the big general election I decided to carve a likeness of the candidate I am supporting in the BIG race.  The pattern used was generated from a hi-res image I found in a web search and then manipulated via Photoshop to get a three tone stencil.  My process and other pumpkin pictures can be found at my Pumpkin Art webpage:
http://www.biosci.missouri.edu/liscum/halloween/pumpkin_03/pumppatterns.html

Hope

"Hope" pumpkin by Maddy DuMont