Khary Penebaker

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Khary Penebaker

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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2016

Contact

Personal website

Khary Penebaker was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 5th Congressional District of Wisconsin.

Penebaker ran in 2017 to be a member of the Wisconsin Democratic National Committee.

Elections

2016

See also: Wisconsin's 5th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Jim Sensenbrenner (R) defeated Khary Penebaker (D) and John Arndt (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced a primary opponent in August.

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 5 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jim Sensenbrenner Incumbent	66.8%	260,706
	Democratic	Khary Penebaker	29.3%	114,477
	Libertarian	John Arndt	3.9%	15,324
Total Votes				390,507
Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Penebaker's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Public Safety: As someone who lives every day in the memory of his mother’s gun-enabled suicide, Khary believes that common sense safety measures must taken to protect our communities. A firearm should never be used to settle an emotional score or to panic the general public, and people who only want firearms for those reasons should not have them. That belief does not conflict with his respect for Wisconsin’s centuries of hunting heritage or his respect of the Second Amendment. He understands that if every American lived by the same standards of responsible gun use that Wisconsin’s licensed hunters observe, America would be a much safer nation. Education: As the father of 3 school-age children and as a graduate from Marquette University High School and then from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Khary knows the district’s needs. He understands that our schools need to bring all of our children to a college-ready standard and that college costs must be made manageable for anyone who wants their children to have a better life. Jobs & Economy: Khary Penebaker has created actual jobs by growing a commercial roofing company from three to fifty employees in a few short years. Innovative businesses should be resources for local employment, and driver economic opportunities.	”
—Khary Penebaker's campaign website, http://www.kharyforcongress.com/issues/

Notable endorsements

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This section displays endorsements this individual made in elections within Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Notable candidate endorsements by Khary Penebaker

Endorsee	Election	Stage	Outcome
Joe Biden  source  (D, Working Families Party)	President of the United States (2020)	Primary	Won General
Cory Booker  source	President of the United States (2020)		Withdrew in Convention

Recent news

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Khary Penebaker - Google News

See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Wisconsin's 5th Congressional District election, 2016
• Wisconsin's 5th Congressional District

External links

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Footnotes

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Wisconsin's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Tammy Baldwin (D)

Ronald Johnson (R)

Representatives

District 1

Bryan Steil (R)

District 2

Mark Pocan (D)

District 3

Derrick Van Orden (R)

District 4

Gwen Moore (D)

District 5

Scott Fitzgerald (R)

District 6

Glenn Grothman (R)

District 7

Tom Tiffany (R)

District 8

Tony Wied (R)

Republican Party (7)

Democratic Party (3)