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| Text on Button | JOEL POLLAK for CONGRESS |
| Image Description | This button is divided into three horizontal sections, red on top, white in the middle, and blue on bottom. The red section contains white text, the white section contains both red and blue text, and the blue section contains no text. |
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| Additional Information | Joel Pollack was a Republican congressional nominee in Illinois’ 9th district in 2010. While Pollack was born in South Africa, he was raised in Skokie, Illinois. Pollack lost the congressional race, garnering only half as many votes as his Democratic opponent Janice Schakowsky. After his loss, Pollack took the role as editor-in-chief at Breitbart News, a far-right news outlet. Breitbart had 16 million unique visitors in 2016 making it the most-read conservative news site at the time. |
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Felsenthal, C. (2010, April 12). So What’s a Nice Jewish Boy from Skokie Doing with Tea Partiers? Chicago Magazine. https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/April-2010… Pollak, J. B. (2010, Jun 10). Why I'm Running as a Tea Party Republican. Wall Street Journal https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/why-im-running-as-tea-party-republi… |
| Catalog ID | PO1227 |