Genevieve "Jennie" Hayek Robak (May 4, 1932 – January 3, 2014) was an American politician who was a member of the unicameral

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. Robak was born in

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and graduated from Ulysses High School. After her marriage, she moved to

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and then to

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, where her husband practiced law. A

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, Robak served in the non-partisan

from 1989 until 2003. She was killed in an auto accident in

. One of her children, Kim M. Robak, was the

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