Pat Hynes
DemocraticExperience
- Lyons Township assessor, elected after leaving Assessor Fritz Kaegi's office WTTW ↗
- Beat two-term incumbent Kaegi in the March Democratic primary WTTW ↗
- Says:Says he spent two decades at the Cook County assessor's office and 30 years in property tax work WTTW voter guide (candidate's answers) ↗
Record and stated positions
- Endorsed by the Chicago Federation of Labor, building trades unions and BOMA WTTW ↗
- Says:Says assessments are built on outdated, error-filled data and promises accurate, on-time assessments WTTW voter guide (candidate's answers) ↗
- Says:Would hire more field inspectors and expand staff training WTTW voter guide (candidate's answers) ↗
- Says:Would create a Department of Economic Development in the office WTTW voter guide (candidate's answers) ↗
Legal and controversies (last 5 years)
- UpheldThe elections board found his committee sent a 2025 political text without the required paid-for line and ordered it to comply Illinois State Board of Elections ↗
Checked: Illinois State Board of Elections complaint search by respondent and committee name, all years reviewed for 2021-2026 (elections.il.gov), Illinois ARDC lawyer search: no Illinois lawyer record found, Federal dockets via CourtListener: Illinois district and bankruptcy courts and the 7th Circuit, filed since 2021-10-29 (PACER itself not searched; suits naming the person only in an official capacity excluded), News archive search: Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ, Capitol News Illinois, WTTW, Chalkbeat, Inspector general findings: web search of Cook County OIIG, MWRD OIG and Illinois OEIG reports
Money
No verified information yet.
Sources
- WTTW, retrieved Oct 29, 2026
- WTTW voter guide (candidate's answers), retrieved Oct 29, 2026
- Illinois State Board of Elections, retrieved Oct 29, 2026