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Roger Polack
Roger Polack (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Polack completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Polack was born on February 21, 1983, in Racine, Wisconsin.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District election, 2020
Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)
Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1
Incumbent Bryan Steil defeated Roger Polack in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bryan Steil (R) | 59.3 | 238,271 |
 | Roger Polack (D)  | 40.6 | 163,170 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 313 | ||
| Total votes: 401,754 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1
Roger Polack defeated Josh Pade in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Roger Polack | 58.1 | 28,698 |
 | Josh Pade | 41.7 | 20,608 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 109 | ||
| Total votes: 49,415 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1
Incumbent Bryan Steil advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bryan Steil | 99.7 | 40,273 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 131 | ||
| Total votes: 40,404 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Baker (R)
- Charles Barman (R)
- Jeremy Ryan (R)
Endorsements
To view Polack's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Roger Polack completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Polack's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Instead of getting ahead, families are struggling, whole school districts are failing to meet the needs of our kids, and access to quality, affordable health care and reasonably priced prescription drugs are out of reach for too many.
I'm going to bring the same tenacity to Congress that I brought to protecting the United States throughout my decade of service to our country. I'll work harder than anyone to build a real grassroots campaign across this district that can win, and I'm not going to take a dime from corporate PACs and special interests. This campaign is about people right here in Wisconsin-not them.- Quality, affordable healthcare should be a right for all Americans, but too many in Washington - including Bryan Steil - are beholden to the big insurance and drug companies.
- Good-paying, family-supporting jobs should be an expectation for the people of Southeastern Wisconsin.
- As a blue-collar kid in a family that faced our share of struggles, education gave me the opportunity to reach my potential and ultimately serve my country.
I believe that Congress needs more people who've served in military and intelligence roles overseas in order to make decisions in the best interests of our national security. I was honored to serve our country as a civilian intelligence officer. I served in both Republican and Democratic administrations - and my service took me to Afghanistan for 20 months where I worked with our military to shut down funding for the Taliban and other Al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist groups who target our troops.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 24, 2020
