Coming off his loss to John Kerry, Ed O'Reilly said Tuesday night that he was pleased with the results given the uphill battle he faced to unseat the four-term senator.

"I feel very good about the results," the Gloucester attorney told PolitickerMA.com. "We never changed our positions on the issues. The issues were always out in front and I feel very good about that."

At the time of this writing, O'Reilly was losing to Kerry by 38 points with 96 percent of precincts reporting, according to the Boston Globe.

O'Reilly said that it was hard for him to compete with Boston senator's hefty war chest. "We were outspent 10 to one," he said.

But, he said, he was proud of how his campaign highlighted issues like the effects of lobbying on Washington, D.C., and the country's health care problems.

"Those are the issues that I kept pounding away at the entire campaign," he said.

Ultimately, O'Reilly said his campaign had a positive impact on the political process.

"We sort of changed things; I think a lot of people identified with what we were talking about," he said. "I think we pushed the envelope."