Harry Pollak
WY
Sheridan resident who in 2022 sued the Sheridan County School District 2 board over free speech at its meetings. Pollak wants open, careful city spending focused on public safety and infrastructure, and fewer zoning and permit barriers to housing.
Where Harry Pollak stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Spending Reduction (4 records), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (2 records)
Opposes
Environment and Public Health (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 oppose
Signed an open letter from Wyoming residents telling Gov. Mark Gordon they disagreed with him on a carbon-driven climate crisis.
February 12, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: cowboystatedaily.com
Spoke to the Sheridan County School District 2 board against the mask mandate the district used in fall 2021.
February 8, 2022Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: sheridanmedia.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 4 support
Asked Sheridan County commissioners to seek about $251 back for a commissioner's trip to Casper. He said he did not think it was intentional, and no action was taken.
December 15, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: sheridanmedia.com
Urged Sheridan County commissioners to leave the state county commissioners group to save money during a reported $2.8 million budget gap.
May 6, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: cms2.revize.com
Asked Sheridan County commissioners to repay the cost of two-night hotel stays in Buffalo, only 30 minutes away.
February 18, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: cms2.revize.com
Urged county commissioners not to pay $525 staff bonuses from unfilled-job money, saying it should go back to taxpayers. He also said limits on public comment broke the First Amendment. The bonuses passed 4-1.
December 5, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: cms2.revize.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 2 support
Won a federal ruling that the Sheridan County School District 2 board violated his free speech when its chair had him removed in February 2022. The court later ordered $156,982.93 in legal fees for him.
April 17, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: ifs.org
Urged county commissioners not to pay $525 staff bonuses from unfilled-job money, saying it should go back to taxpayers. He also said limits on public comment broke the First Amendment. The bonuses passed 4-1.
December 5, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: cms2.revize.com
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Was elected treasurer of the Sheridan County Republican Party in 2023, by a unanimous vote, according to the party's own page.
October 6, 2026
Source: sheridancountygop.org
Told Cowboy State Daily that differing state gun laws make travel hard for concealed-carry permit holders. The story says he is a range safety officer at the Sheridan County Sportsmen's Association range.
April 13, 2026
Source: cowboystatedaily.com
Demanded a spoken and a written apology from the school district 2 board after his court win. He said the board had humiliated him.
November 5, 2024
Source: sheridanmedia.com
Past race Harry Pollak ran in:
- City Council Member · November 3, 2026 · Sheridan city, Wyoming