sentences:  After supporting the Green Party for more than a decade, Penn announced in March 2007 her intention to run as a Liberal candidate for Saanich—Gulf Islands in the 2008 federal election.She was defeated in a close race (43 to 39 percent) by the incumbent Conservative Gary Lunn, who was the Minister of Natural Resources.Conservative Senator Mike Duffy admitted "Lunn only won his riding in 2008 thanks to Conservative campaign guru Doug Finley’s black-ops magic" which involved the Conservative party's database using robocalls to direct NDP voters to vote for their candidate who remained on the ballot but was not running a campaign.