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Polland ran unopposed to a second term as Harris County chairman in 2000, but he stepped down in 2002 to contest the District 17 seat in the state Senate in the party [[primary]]. The seat was vacated by veteran Republican J. E. "Buster" Brown of Lake Jackson. Polland lost badly to the physician Kyle Janek, who then prevailed in the November [[general election]]. Janek polled 8,495 votes (68 percent) to Polland's 3,967 ballots (32 percent). In a post-election letter to supporters, Polland wrote: "We ran a strong campaign based on our common conservative philosophy. We faced an incumbent (Janek was a state representative at the time}, who was the darling of the [[Austin]] lobby. We were outspent at least two-to--one ..." Janek was reelected in 2004 and 2006.
Polland ran unopposed to a second term as Harris County chairman in 2000, but he stepped down in 2002 to contest the District 17 seat in the state Senate in the party [[primary]]. The seat was vacated by veteran Republican J. E. "Buster" Brown of Lake Jackson. Polland lost badly to the physician Kyle Janek, who then prevailed in the November [[general election]]. Janek polled 8,495 votes (68 percent) to Polland's 3,967 ballots (32 percent). In a post-election letter to supporters, Polland wrote: "We ran a strong campaign based on our common conservative philosophy. We faced an incumbent (Janek was a state representative at the time}, who was the darling of the [[Austin]] lobby. We were outspent at least two-to--one ..." Janek was reelected in 2004 and 2006.
Polland won the support of many well-known Texas and national Republicans in his state Senate bid including former presidential contender [[Steve Forbes]], the [[publisher]] from [[New Jersey]], former Texas Secretary of State George Strake, Jr., former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dan Quayle]], [[Virginia]] Republican activist Morton Blackwell, and former presidential candidate [[Gary Bauer]], the director of the Campaign for Working Families.
Polland won the support of many well-known Texas and national Republicans in his state Senate bid including former presidential contender [[Steve Forbes]], the [[publisher]] from [[New Jersey]], former Texas Secretary of State [[George Strake, Jr.]], former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dan Quayle]], [[Virginia]] Republican activist Morton Blackwell, and former presidential candidate [[Gary Bauer]], the director of the Campaign for Working Families.
n 2004, Polland contributed to [[African-American]] liberal Democrat Al Green in Green's successful primary challenge to [[U.S. Representative]] Chris Bell of Texas' 9th congressional district. A lawyer and justice of the peace, Green won the nomination—and thereafter the general election—in the heavily black district, 13,920 (65 percent) to Bell's 7,125 ballots (33 percent). In 2006, Bell ran unsuccessfully as the Democrat gubernatorial nominee against Rick Perry. In 2017, Green launched a drive to [[Impeachment|impeach]] [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]].
n 2004, Polland contributed to [[African-American]] liberal Democrat Al Green in Green's successful primary challenge to [[U.S. Representative]] Chris Bell of Texas' 9th congressional district. A lawyer and justice of the peace, Green won the nomination—and thereafter the general election—in the heavily black district, 13,920 (65 percent) to Bell's 7,125 ballots (33 percent). In 2006, Bell ran unsuccessfully as the Democrat gubernatorial nominee against Rick Perry. In 2017, Green launched a drive to [[Impeachment|impeach]] [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]].