George Anthony Petak Jr. (November 6, 1949 – December 24, 2024) was an American Republican politician and political consultant from Racine, Wisconsin.
In 1976, he moved to Sturtevant, Wisconsin to take on the role of quality control manager at an Ametek manufacturing plant in neighboring Racine.
[5][6] Petak won re-election in 1994, but ran into controversy in October 1995, when he changed his vote on a funding bill for the Miller Park stadium.
Petak had promised his constituents that he would vote against the bill, but changed his mind based on the belief that the Brewers would leave Wisconsin if a new stadium wasn't built.
Petak ultimately chose not to run and accused his would-be Republican primary opponent, future-Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan, of exploiting the stadium tax controversy.