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The Daily Northwestern: Hanley hopes to bring sustainability, grassroots vision to state Senate
The Daily Northwestern: Hanley hopes to bring sustainability, grassroots vision to state Senate
Marisa Guerra Echeverria, Newsletter Editor
Published in the Daily Northwestern on May 19th
In a word, New Trier Democrats President Patrick Hanley is basing his campaign for the Illinois Senate on “sustainability.”
The 36-year-old activist, small business owner and father does not solely mean environmental sustainability — although it makes up a significant part of his activism and political platform — rather, the Winnetka resident has proposed a 100-year mindset relating to government policy.
“Our lifetimes have been spent watching institutions of the past collapse around us because they weren’t set up to last,” Hanley said. “So sustainability runs deep through my political ideology.”
Hanley’s expansive sustainability mindset is one that propelled dozens of followers to attend his official campaign announcement on May 8 to represent Illinois’ 9th state Senate District and replace current state Sen. Laura Fine (D-Glenview) following her bid for Congress.
He has already garnered an endorsement from longtime Democratic force U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston), who said Hanley is “the kind of bold, progressive Democratic leader — and fighter — that Illinois needs” in a May 8 news release from Hanley’s campaign.