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{{congresspedia}}[[Image:joesestak.jpg|thumb|Joe Sestak was the Democratic candidate for previously served the 7th Congressional district of Pennsylvania]]'''Joe Sestak''' , a [[Democrat]], is a former U.S. Representative for the 7th Congressional district of Pennsylvania, having served 2007 to 2011.<ref name="WP">[http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Joe_Sestak Joe Sestak profile], ''The Washington Post'', accessed January 2011.</ref> ==Record and controversies=={{Congresspedia voting record}} ===Iraq War===Sestak introduced a bill ([http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.960.IH: H.R.960]) on February 8, 2007, that would redeploy all U.S. troops in Iraq "to locations within the Middle East or Southwest Asia regions or to other regions or nations, or returned to the United States" by December 31, 2007. That same day, the bill was referred to the successful [[Democratic PartySenate Committee on Armed Services]] nominee in and the [[2006 congressional electionSenate Committee on Foreign Relations]] for the Seventh Congressional District of Pennsylvania(see map . [http://nationalatlaswww.govrealcities.com/printablemld/imageskrwashington/previewnews/congdistnation/pa07_10916742343.gifhtm]). He defeated *See Congresspedia pages on '''[[Congressional actions on the Iraq War|congressional actions on the Iraq War]]''' and the '''[[RepublicanTroop "surge" in Iraq|troop "surge" in Iraq]] Rep'''. {{Iraq War House record}} ===Norman Hsu campaign donations===Upon hearing revelations of [[Curt WeldonNorman Hsu]] 56%-44% 's fugitive status, Sestak has opted to take possession of give back the seatthousand dollar donation that he received from Hsu.<ref>Jim Kuhnhenn, [http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2007/08/clinton_to_give_away_fundraise.php "Clinton to give away fundraiser's cash,"] ''AP News'' via ''Talking Points Memo,'' August 29, 2007.</ref>
==Articles and Resources==
CP: lost Senate election
==Biography==
Between tours of duty, Sestak earned a master's degree in Public Administration and and Ph.D in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University. During the Clinton presidency, he worked for the White House as the Director for Defense Policy on the National Security Council staff. He and his wife Susan have one daughter. [http://sestakforcongress.com/about-joe/]
==Meet =Congressional career=======2006 election====Sestak defeated incumbent [[Republican]] Rep. [[Curt Weldon]] 56%-44% to take possession of the seat in the Cash Constituents[[2006 congressional elections]]. ====2010 election====In 2010, Sestak ran for U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania. In the Democratic primary, Sestak beat party-switching Sen. [[Arlen Specter]] (D-Pa.) but lost in the general election to Republican [[Patrick Toomey]].<ref name="WP"/> Sestak's House seat was won by Republican [[Patrick Meehan]].<ref>[http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Patrick_Meehan Patrick Meehan profile], ''The Washington Post'', accessed January 2011.</ref> ==Money in politics=={{Congresspedia temp money in politics header}}<crpcontribdata>cid=N00028049&cycle=2006</crpcontribdata>{{congresspedia money | cid=N00028049 }}{{Congresspedia revolving door info|crpname=Sestak%2C+Joe}} start{{Congresspedia private travel info|cid=N00028049}}{{Congresspedia PFD info|cid=N00028049}}
==Controversy==
==Committees and Affiliationsaffiliations==
===Committees===
*[[House Committee on Armed Services]] **Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces**Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations**Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces *[[House Committee assignments are not yet available for on Education and Labor]]**Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education**Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions*[[House Committee on Small Business]]**Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology**Subcommittee on Finance and Tax**Subcommittee on Regulations, Healthcare, and Trade ===Twitter=== <div id="twitter" style="padding:0.5em 1em 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;">'''Joe Sestak posts on Twitter at http://twitter.com/JoeSestak/''' '''Latest posts:'''<small><rss>http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/JoeSestak.rss|title=none| max=3| short</rss></small>See all the [[110th members of Congresswho Twitter]].</div>
==More Background DataArticles and resources=={{congresspedia challenger footer | cid=N00001535| can_id=H3411103| wpid=w000268| districtReferences==PA07|incumbent=Curt Weldon}}<references/>
===Resources===
*[http://www.sestakforcongress.com/ Sestak for Congress], official campaign site.
*[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.960.IH: THOMAS page on H.R. 960 (Rep. Sestak bill to withdraw all troops from Iraq by the end of 2007)]
===Local blogs and discussion sites===
===Articles===
Renee Schoof, [http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/nation/16742343.htm "Former admiral says all American forces should pull out by year's end,"] ''McClatchy Newspapers'', February 20, 2007.
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