# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-sestak
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:23:18.446Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-sestak"
name: "Joe Sestak"
slug: "joe-sestak"
description: "Joseph Ambrose Sestak Jr. is an American politician and retired U.S. Navy officer. He represented Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 and was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in 2010. A three-star admiral, he was the highest-ranking military official ever elected to the United States Congress at the time of his election. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2020 election, launching his campaign on June 23, 2019, and ending it on December 1, 2019, subsequently endorsing Amy Klobuchar."
tagline: "American politician and U.S. Navy officer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VADM_Joseph_A._Sestak%2C_Jr.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1951-12-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.93927866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 358
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JoeSestak"
    handle:    "JoeSestak"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/joesestak/"
    handle:    "joesestak"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/joesestak"
    handle:    "joesestak"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.joesestak.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCat0N2yq4dTkcLAMVtIuXdA"
    handle:    "@sestak2010"
    followers: 358
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    title: "乔·谢斯塔克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جو سيستاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "چو سيستاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%B2%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9"
    title: "جو سزتاک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Sestak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sestak"
    title: "Joe Sestak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sestak"
    title: "Joe Sestak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جو سستک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sestak"
    title: "Joe Sestak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sestak"
    title: "Joe Sestak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sestak"
    title: "Joe Sestak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sestak"
    title: "Joe Sestak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sestak"
    title: "Joe Sestak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sestak"
    title: "Joe Sestak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE"
    title: "Сестак, Джо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sestak"
    title: "Joe Sestak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sestak"
    title: "Joe Sestak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sestak"
    title: "Joe Sestak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984183"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump