Joel Pollak for Congress

Jan Schakowsky Electioneering Inside Polling Places

Jan Schakowsky has been electioneering inside polling places across the 9th congressional district. All day long, she has been visiting election judges inside polling places and giving them candy. At 3:30 p.m., at Unity Northwest Church, on E. Central Road, in Des Plaines, Jan Schakowsky promised to help an election judge obtain a congressional internship. [...]

Sprint to the Finish

Election Day is going great—and we are gaining momentum by the hour! Across the district our supporters are busy pollwatching, placing signs, making calls and voting for Joel! The turnout at the polls today has been fantastic and victory is within sight! But we still need your help! If you haven’t voted yet—it’s time to cast [...]

Where in the 9th District is Jan Schakowsky?

Pollwatchers have already spotted Jan Schakowsky illegally electioneering inside several polling locations this morning. Within the last hour, reports have come into Campaign HQ that Schakowsky was spotted at Lincoln Middle School, Resurrection Nursing & Rehab and George Washington School, all in Park Ridge. According to eye-witnesses, Ms. Schakowsky entered the polling places, handed out [...]

Examiner: Joel Pollak’s journey from Democrat to Tea Party favorite to Schakowsky nemesis

Residents of Illinois’ 9th congressional district have gotten used to seeing something this election that many have never seen in their lifetimes: a legitimate Republican nominee to challenge the Democrat incumbent. In fact, it is hard to miss evidence of Joel Pollak’s campaign wherever you turn. Whether it is yard signs throughout the district, billboards on [...]

We finish strong; they finish wrong

In the last 24 hours before polls open, our campaign is finishing strong–canvassing, phone banking, and building enthusiasm and excitement as we head into Tuesday. We know we can do it! Our opponent, by contrast, has been finishing wrong–harping on a negative message and scaring seniors. Her supporters are stealing yard signs and removing our [...]

Tea party movement alienating young voters

WASHINGTON — The tea party is failing to woo young voters despite a loose structure that could make it easier for those under 30 to achieve leadership roles, analysts and political activists say as the grass-roots movement prepares to flex its muscles in midterm elections. (Read More) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/30/AR2010103001128.html

Schakowsky’s negative campaign will backfire

In the final days of the campaign, my opponent has resorted to negative campaigning of the worst sort, sending false and nasty mailings that accuse me of saying and doing things that I never said or did. The only uniformly positive mailing she sent was done by a special interest group on her behalf. Her [...]

American Thinker: Why Doesn’t Everyone Know Jan Schakowsky’s Husband Wrote ObamaCare in Jail?

I know who’s got my vote for the cutest couple since Bonnie and Clyde. It’s the larcenous lovebirds from Chicago: Jan Schakowsky, the most far-left member of Congress, and her bank robber husband, Robert Creamer, who wrote Obamacare in jail. (Read More) http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/10/why_doesnt_everyone_know_jan_s.html

Voter regulatory revolt. For those concerned about financial regulation overreach, a congressional race to watch is that of long shot Republican candidate Joel Pollak in Illinois’ 9th Congressional District. Pollak, whose exchange with Barney Frank over the causes of the financial crisis is now a YouTube classic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjn8jAGQZPI), is challenging long time representative Jan Schakowsky. (Read [...]

Jerusalem Post: Reps urge Obama to oppose Palestinian state declaration

“WASHINGTON – The chairman of a major Republican congressional caucus is urging US President Barack Obama to oppose any UN effort to recognize a unilaterally declared Palestinian state.” (Read More) http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=193366