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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong>"A pension is a promise. </strong></span>Public servants accepted lower wages in exchange for retirement security, and they kept their end of the bargain, paying into pension plans as politicians took pension holidays. </p><p>"Our present crisis was created by politicians who took “pension holidays” for decades as costs compounded. <strong>We cannot balance politicians’ greed on the backs of our teachers, firefighters, or sanitation workers."</strong></p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Chicago Sun Times:</span> Patrick Hanley Candidate Questionnaire</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Prices are too high. From <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">groceries</strong> to <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">utilities</strong> to <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">rent</strong> and <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">housing</strong>, we're simply paying too much for too little.</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">In Illinois, the state government can prioritize policies that help bring costs down: we can build housing, rewire the electric grid, encourage food production and small business ownership. <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">I'll pull every lever and lift every stone to bring down prices in our district.</strong></span></p>

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<h2>Affordability &amp; Prices</h2>

<p>— State Senate race: Democrat Patrick Hanley is out with a new ad in the Democratic primary to fill the seat now held by Laura Fine. <a href="https://url4027.email.politico.com/ss/c/u001.6HEYi829KcnuK0nZNn_ilKgolF8QstVHVbafk7h-dIvgrBxM1F1rV82CLNnUipDXTuujZhHwFUUuR2MnM8s9tA09CWhvjjlqIrv9qyx2uCL5HMEqr0IucVBdhaFotNiQ/4og/eL19UX2PRo6JaqjZYUtOig/h23/h001.Dx6I2_9vHUjSDusCqXQDrAzbH4fOI1x90TSh98wX_FA"><strong>Watch here</strong></a></p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Politico:</span> Hanley video</h4>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">Journal &amp; Topics:</span> NTD Patrick Hanley In Running For 9th State Senate — With Schakowsky’s Endorsement</h4>

<p>Winnetka’s Patrick Hanley officially launched his campaign to replace State Sen. Laura Fine in Springfield Tuesday evening with a large crowd of supporters at Sketchbook Brewing Co. in Skokie.</p><p>Hanley, an environmental activist, business owner and political organizer who co-founded <a href="https://www.operationswingstate.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Operation Swing State</a> last year, announced Tuesday night his name will officially be on next March’s ballot after receiving enough signatures exactly <a href="https://evanstonnow.com/candidates-to-start-seeking-signatures/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">one week after petitioning kicked off</a>.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">Evanston Now:</span> Hanley officially kicks off bid for State Senate</h4>

<h4>David Orr Endorses Hanley</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">I am fighting for a <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">safer Illinois</strong>: safe from <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">masked federal agents</strong>; safe from <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">anti-Black racism, antisemitism, and religious hatred</strong>; safe to <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">access reproductive healthcare </strong>and safe from <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">gun violence</strong> in our schools; safe for LGBTQIA+ friends and loved ones; safe for victims and for individuals moving through the legal system. Safe because of investments made to address root causes of crime.</span></p>

<h2>Safety for our communities</h2>

<p>Northfield Township Democrats filled the council chambers at Glenview Village Hall on Sunday (Feb. 1) for an endorsement session backing a full slate of candidates, ranging from U.S. senator to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Journal &amp; Topics: </span>Northfield Dems Endorse Patrick Hanley</h4>

<p>Hanley said his campaign would not take “corporate PAC money.” He said he viewed such large contributions as flaws in the statewide campaign finance system.&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong>“Folks realize that the system’s broken,” Hanley said.</strong></span> “We’ll continue to raise money in our grassroots way from individual donors.”&nbsp;</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Daily Northwestern:</span> Hanley refuses corporate PAC money</h4>

<p>"It is an unprecedented moment for this country and for this state,” Hanley said. “And I think this election happened the way that it did, because <strong>voters are looking for a new generation of leadership,</strong> new active, organized leadership that we feel can take the fight back to Donald Trump and can fight for an Illinois that is safer, that is greener, that is growing, that is affordable.”&nbsp;</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Evanston Roundtable:</span> Hanley tops Ruttenberg in 9th District State Senate race</h4>

<p><em><span style="color: var(--color-text)">Radio interview on WCPT 820</span></em></p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">WCPT 820:</span> Patrick joins Richard Chew</h4>

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<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text)">Environmental leader, grassroots organizer Patrick Hanley launches State Senate bid with endorsement</span></h4>

<h4>Northfield Township Leaders Endorse Patrick Hanley for State Senate</h4>

<p><em>Radio interview on WCPT 820</em></p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">WCPT 820:</span> Patrick joins Joan Esposito</h4>

<p>Hanley holds board positions on several local nonprofits and has led community organizing efforts. <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">He co-founded the voting advocacy program </span><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong>Operation Swing State with </strong></span><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">[Cook County Board of Commissioners president Toni] </span><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong>Preckwinkle and outgoing U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston).</strong></span></p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Daily Northwestern: </span>State senate candidates emphasize differing experience</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong>Hanley has attracted support from a wide coalition</strong></span><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">, support that appears grounded in outreach, experience and engagement.</span></p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Chicago Tribune:</span> Letter to the Editor</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Sustainability is the lens through which I see the world</strong>.</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">I will fight to build an Illinois powered by </span><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">sustainable, clean energy</strong></span><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"> sources. <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Native planting, rewilding, green infrastructure</strong> each have a role to play in restoring a resilient and green Illinois.</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Our clean, fresh water</strong> is perhaps our greatest natural asset. We must be thoughtful, long-term stewards of the Great Lakes and our watersheds.</span></p>

<h2>Green Illinois: Energy, Water, &amp; Prairies</h2>

<p>Hanley, a community organizer from Winnetka who’s <strong>endorsed by U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky</strong> and the Illinois AFL-CIO, raised just under $66,000 to close out 2025, a fundraising haul that included <strong>a $20,000 contribution from the Ironworkers District Council of Chicago PAC</strong>, also in mid-December.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Evanston Now:</span> $20,000 from Ironworkers to Hanley</h4>

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<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text)">Senate Leaders Morrison, Murphy endorse State Senate Candidate Patrick Hanley</span></h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">This is Illinois' moment for leadership</strong>. We need leaders in Springfield who will <strong>stand up to Trump &amp; ICE</strong> and protect our communities from a lawless federal government.</span></p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">From gutting Medicaid funding to purging federal workers to sending masked agents to disappear neighbors in our communities, <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">faith in our federal government is at an all-time low and state government has never been so important.</strong></span></p>

<h2>The Crisis &amp; the Moment</h2>

<p><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">Winnetka environmentalist Patrick Hanley </span></strong>spoke out about the urgency of looming crises, criticizing the current political climate and focusing on sustainability. “There’s nothing sustainable about a president with unchecked power,” he said.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">Evanston Roundtable:</span> Hanley addresses NO KINGS rally in Evanston</h4>

<p>Meanwhile, Hanley’s fourth quarter <strong>fundraising primarily came from individual donors,</strong> but he also received some <strong>large donations from regional trade unions:</strong> the political fund of Iron Workers Local 1 gave him $5,000 on Dec. 4, and the PAC for the Ironworkers District Council of Chicago &amp; Vicinity gave $20,000 on Dec. 8.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Evanston Roundtable: </span>Hanley fundraising primarily came from individual donors</h4>

<p>Democrat Patrick Hanley was endorsed by <strong>Run for Something, a national group that supports progressives,</strong> in his bid for the 9th District seat.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Politico: </span>Run for Something Endorses Hanley</h4>

<p>The mailers were first received by voters on Thursday according to Patrick Hanley, president of the <a href="https://newtrierdemocrats.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>New Trier Democrats</strong></a> and a candidate for the 9th District state senate seat, which is left open by incumbent Laura Fine’s campaign for Congress. He issued a news release that day <span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">condemning them as “Madigan-style politics,” </strong></span>which included reference photos.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Evanston Roundtable: </span>Local officials denounce ‘scam’ ballots with misleading endorsements</h4>

<p>Candidates were selected based on their sexual and reproductive health care policies and their commitment to protecting the health and rights of all Illinoisans.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Windy City Times: </span>Planned Parenthood Endorses Patrick Hanley</h4>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">The Record North Shore: </span><span style="color: var(--color-text)">Hanley announces bid for state senate — with Schakowsky endorsement in tow</span></h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Illinois is a great state. <strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">It's time we get growing again. Illinois hasn't meaningfully grown in thirty years. </strong>That's because we are an older, wealthier, more established state with a temperate climate. But it's also because decades of overlapping rules, forms, and fees - as well as unfunded obligations - make job creation, business formation, or the prospect of moving here too challenging.</span></p>

<h2>Growing Illinois</h2>

<p>"The fight is real and the stakes couldn't be higher. I think that the locust of activity is moving from Washington, D.C. to Springfield and to the states, where we can do the most good and <strong>protect Illinoisans from the federal government." </strong></p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Daily Northwestern: </span>Full interview: Illinois Senate candidate Patrick Hanley</h4>

<p>“The price of renewable power is coming down. So for us to lock ourselves into a predominantly coal power purchasing agreement for 30 years, <strong>I think it’s a mistake</strong>,” said Patrick Hanley, a state Senate candidate and former member of the Winnetka Environment Board, ahead of the meeting. “And as a young person living in Winnetka, it’s a mistake that I’m going to have to deal with.”</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">Chicago Tribune:</span> Hanley stands up to Coal</h4>

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<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">Evanston Now: </span>Schakowsky backs Hanley for State Senate</h4>

<p>IFT also announced that it would endorse <span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong>Democrats Patrick Hanley for Illinois Senate</strong></span> and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton for U.S. Senate.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Daily Northwestern: </span>Illinois Federation of Teachers Endorses Hanley</h4>

<p>Hanley echoed that canvassing and attending events like Sunday’s provide an important vehicle to show voters in the district’s many different communities that they are seen and valued. <strong>He noted his campaign literature has been printed in both Hebrew and Assyrian.&nbsp;</strong></p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">The Record North Shore: </span>Hanley Materials in Hebrew &amp; Assyrian at Candidate Forum</h4>

<p><strong>In the race for State Senate, the Illinois AFL-CIO backed Patrick Hanley</strong> of Winnetka, who told Evanston Now in a phone call Tuesday he was “so proud and delighted” to earn the group’s endorsement.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Evanston Now:</span> AFL-CIO Backs Hanley</h4>

<p><strong>Local organizers are also using the quieter period to regroup and digest what they learned from their collective encounters with federal agents</strong>, according to Patrick Hanley, a Winnetka resident and candidate for the Illinois Senate who helped form a local rapid-response group amid ICE activity in October.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">The Record North Shore: </span>Rapid Response Regroups</h4>

<p>That work as an organizer <strong>seemed to place Hanley apart among voters seeking new leadership,</strong> viewing him as an outsider with a new vision for local politics.&nbsp;</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Evanston Now:</span> Hanley defeats Ruttenberg in State Sen. race</h4>

<p><em><span style="color: var(--color-text)">The Daily Northwestern</span></em></p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">The Daily Northwestern: </span><span style="color: var(--color-text)">Hanley hopes to bring sustainability, grassroots vision to state Senate</span></h4>

<p>"Now is the time for effective leaders with real-world experience and confidence in the strange world of finance to ensure Illinois <strong>can tackle federal funding gaps, restructure our long-term obligations, fully fund vital education and health programs, </strong>while still encouraging small business formation and job growth in industries of the future."</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Evanston Roundtable:</span> Candidate Profile Patrick Hanley</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Access to healthcare in this state ought to be a right, not a privilege.</strong> I'll fight to <strong>champion and protect abortion rights</strong>, expand healthcare access, make <strong>healthcare more affordable</strong> and more accountable, and do everything I can to shorten the distance and bring down the costs between patients and care. </span></p>

<h2>Reliable Healthcare at an Affordable Price</h2>

<p><strong>State Senate candidate Patrick Hanley</strong> of Winnetka raised over $67,000 in the third quarter of 2025, more than twice as much as his opponent, Rachel Ruttenberg of Evanston.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">Evanston Now:</span> Hanley leads in state senate race fundraising</h4>

<p>Patrick Hanley with supporters as he announced a run for state office. | Photo by Joe Coughlin</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">The Record:</span> Hanley Announcement Top Photo of the Year</h4>

<p>Both candidates are too far to the progressive left for our liking, but <strong>Hanley articulated a thoughtful approach to the need to expand housing development </strong>and signaled an openness to thoughtful spending efficiencies that earned our appreciation.</p><p><strong>Hanley is endorsed.</strong></p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Chicago Tribune: </span>Chicago Tribune Endorses Patrick Hanley</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Education makes our communities thrive</strong>. My mom raised four kids with the help of our public schools. She served on the D225 school board and led PTAs across each of our schools. My family includes teachers, parents, and kids, and I believe that well-supported teachers and a community-wide focus on teaching are the building blocks for great education.</span></p>

<h2>Kids, Teachers, Parents &amp; World-class schools</h2>

<p>"We need to figure out how to fund our priorities without relying on a federal government we can't trust." </p><p><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kDG-gQpz40&amp;t=1s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Watch video interview here.</strong></a></span></p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Evanston Roundtable: </span>Video Interview Patrick Hanley</h4>

<p>Ultimately, Hanley, who was raised in Northbrook and Glenview, holds a slight edge due to his extensive experience at the federal level and his work with governors on the 2024 Operation Swing State. <strong>He has also maintained a more consistent and visible presence in the district throughout the campaign season.</strong></p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Journal &amp; Topics:</span> Journal &amp; Topics Endorses Hanley</h4>

<h4>Illinois Teachers back Hanley for State Senate</h4>

<h4>Sierra Club Endorses Patrick Hanley</h4>

<p>The group is also <strong>backing Patrick Hanley of Winnetka</strong> to succeed current state Sen. Laura Fine (D-9th District), who is giving up her seat to also run for 9th Congressional District seat.</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Evanston Roundtable:</span> AFL-CIO Endorses Hanley</h4>

<p>State Senate race: Democrat Patrick Hanley is out with an ad that cuts through the clutter of all the candidates running for office this year. He’s running for state Senate in the 9th District. <span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><a href="https://url4027.email.politico.com/ss/c/u001.6g0Zd3AyneOViJYBXgbV6wzH62Rc9P4qcO39WcxLMDfE_BXIB7yhmfnU3OSgzXz_yQfSQWdA4DbBKIUuZVC1HA/4om/TSMT69yAQRala8AIrk0GnQ/h27/h001.XY4_mUQu8FdKj7MFQf85CpjjVQNSVDTX3iTqBZQzUTk" style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Watch here.</strong></a></span></p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Politico:</span> Hanley cuts through the clutter</h4>

<p>"During Operation Midway Blitz last fall, unprovoked violence by CBP and ICE was rampant — and often captured on video. U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis cataloged this misconduct in an extensive written opinion. Yet we saw no state prosecutions to protect the public from federal agents, who operated here with impunity — and then moved on to Minneapolis, emboldened."</p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">Chicago Tribune: </span>Hanley Letter to the Editor</h4>

<p>"We are up against real fascism in Washington, D.C. The Democratic Party, which is the institution that can defeat it, has never been less popular. And so it is clear to me that <strong>we need new leaders."</strong></p>

<h4><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-primary);">League of Women Voters:</span> IL Senate District 9 Candidate Debate</h4>

Patrick Hanley is an environmental leader, community organizer, and millennial running to bring new energy and new urgency to Illinois and the Democratic Party.

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