Patrick Hanley
Democratic · IL · Chair, Winnetka Environmental and Forestry Commission
Patrick Hanley is a Winnetka small-business owner, environmental commission chair, former New Trier Democrats president, and Democratic nominee for Illinois Senate District 9. He won the 2026 primary with 22,498 votes.
Campaign Finance Information — Illinois State Senator, 9th Legislative District
Campaign Finance Information · Illinois State Senator, 9th Legislative District · November 3, 2026
Data last updated July 27, 2026
- Raised
- $239,289
- Spent
- $100,326
- Cash on hand
- $138,964
- Debts
- $0
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- Not Employed$46,965
- Retired$22,300
- Attorney$18,000
- Retired Educator$12,300
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- Director$5,000
Direct contributions by size
- $5,000+$44,600
- $1,000-$4,999$89,600
- $500-$999$41,515
- $250-$499$35,425
- $100-$249$10,351
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections · 2026 cycle · elections.il.gov
Track record
Environment and Public Health
· 3 records
Hanley supports sustainable clean energy, grid modernization, green infrastructure, native planting, habitat restoration, and protection of the Great Lakes and watersheds.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hanleyforillinois.com · researched July 18, 2026
Hanley supports reliable and integrated public transit, a South Evanston Yellow Line station, Purple Line accessibility, bus-priority measures, protected bicycle infrastructure, and first- and last-mile connections.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hanleyforillinois.com · researched July 18, 2026
Hanley chairs Winnetka's Environmental and Forestry Commission and previously served as president of the New Trier Democrats.
July 16, 2026For
Source: chicago.suntimes.com · researched July 18, 2026
Reduce Wealth Gap
· 1 record
Hanley supports a progressive state income tax, opposes a general sales-tax increase, and would consider taxing more services while lowering the overall sales-tax rate.
July 16, 2026For
Source: chicago.suntimes.com · researched July 18, 2026
Anti-Corruption
· 2 records
Hanley says his campaign rejects corporate PAC money and supports regulating, limiting, and increasing transparency for political spending.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hanleyforillinois.com · researched July 18, 2026
Hanley supports legislative-leadership term limits, an independent ethics commission with enforcement authority, real-time campaign-finance disclosure, lobbying cooling-off periods, and restrictions on dark-money coordination.
July 16, 2026For
Source: chicago.suntimes.com · researched July 18, 2026
Healthcare Affordability
· 1 record
Hanley supports healthcare as a right, abortion rights, expanded healthcare access, stronger insurance oversight, mental-health services, and pharmacy-benefit-manager accountability.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hanleyforillinois.com · researched July 18, 2026
Government Spending Reduction
· 1 record
Hanley opposes direct state subsidies for a privately owned football stadium but supports public infrastructure investments with broader regional benefits and public cost-benefit disclosure.
July 16, 2026For
Source: chicago.suntimes.com · researched July 18, 2026
Public Safety and Crime Control
· 1 record
Hanley supports gun-violence prevention, LGBTQ rights, reproductive-care access, anti-hate protections, victim safety, and investments addressing root causes of crime.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hanleyforillinois.com · researched July 18, 2026
Housing Affordability
· 1 record
Hanley supports increasing housing supply, rewiring the electric grid, food production, and small-business ownership to reduce household costs.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hanleyforillinois.com · researched July 18, 2026
Public Education Quality
· 1 record
Hanley supports public schools and well-supported teachers as the basis for strong education.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hanleyforillinois.com · researched July 18, 2026
Gun Control
· 1 record
Hanley supports gun-violence prevention, LGBTQ rights, reproductive-care access, anti-hate protections, victim safety, and investments addressing root causes of crime.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hanleyforillinois.com · researched July 18, 2026
Women's Reproductive Rights
· 1 record
Hanley supports healthcare as a right, abortion rights, expanded healthcare access, stronger insurance oversight, mental-health services, and pharmacy-benefit-manager accountability.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hanleyforillinois.com · researched July 18, 2026
Election Integrity
· 3 records
Hanley supports ranked-choice voting and broader ballot access.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hanleyforillinois.com · researched July 18, 2026
Hanley supports legislative-leadership term limits, an independent ethics commission with enforcement authority, real-time campaign-finance disclosure, lobbying cooling-off periods, and restrictions on dark-money coordination.
July 16, 2026For
Source: chicago.suntimes.com · researched July 18, 2026
Hanley supports mail and early voting, election-infrastructure funding, poll-worker training, ballot chain-of-custody rules, bipartisan counting oversight, and protection of election workers.
July 16, 2026For
Source: chicago.suntimes.com · researched July 18, 2026
Personal Income Tax Reduction
· 1 record
Hanley supports a progressive state income tax, opposes a general sales-tax increase, and would consider taxing more services while lowering the overall sales-tax rate.
July 16, 2026For
Source: chicago.suntimes.com · researched July 18, 2026
Civil Rights
· 2 records
Hanley supports gun-violence prevention, LGBTQ rights, reproductive-care access, anti-hate protections, victim safety, and investments addressing root causes of crime.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hanleyforillinois.com · researched July 18, 2026
Hanley supports Illinois protections for immigrant communities and has organized protests and volunteer documentation in opposition to federal immigration-enforcement operations.
July 16, 2026For
Source: chicago.suntimes.com · researched July 18, 2026
Corporate Accountability
· 2 records
Hanley says his campaign rejects corporate PAC money and supports regulating, limiting, and increasing transparency for political spending.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hanleyforillinois.com · researched July 18, 2026
Hanley opposes direct state subsidies for a privately owned football stadium but supports public infrastructure investments with broader regional benefits and public cost-benefit disclosure.
July 16, 2026For
Source: chicago.suntimes.com · researched July 18, 2026
Public Infrastructure
· 4 records
Hanley supports sustainable clean energy, grid modernization, green infrastructure, native planting, habitat restoration, and protection of the Great Lakes and watersheds.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hanleyforillinois.com · researched July 18, 2026
Hanley supports increasing housing supply, rewiring the electric grid, food production, and small-business ownership to reduce household costs.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hanleyforillinois.com · researched July 18, 2026
Hanley supports reliable and integrated public transit, a South Evanston Yellow Line station, Purple Line accessibility, bus-priority measures, protected bicycle infrastructure, and first- and last-mile connections.
July 18, 2026For
Source: hanleyforillinois.com · researched July 18, 2026
Hanley opposes direct state subsidies for a privately owned football stadium but supports public infrastructure investments with broader regional benefits and public cost-benefit disclosure.
July 16, 2026For
Source: chicago.suntimes.com · researched July 18, 2026
General
· 4 records
Patrick Hanley is a Winnetka small-business owner who co-owns Piglet in Bed with his wife.
July 16, 2026
Source: chicago.suntimes.com · researched July 18, 2026
Hanley won the 2026 Democratic primary for Illinois Senate District 9 with 22,498 votes, 51.69 percent of the party vote.
March 17, 2026
Source: elections.il.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Hanley co-founded Operation Swing State, which he says mobilized 10,000 volunteers to knock on 250,000 doors during the 2024 election.
November 5, 2024
Source: chicago.suntimes.com · researched July 18, 2026
Hanley earned a bachelor's degree from George Washington University in 2010 and master's degrees in public policy and business administration from the University of Chicago in 2020.
June 13, 2020
Source: chicago.suntimes.com · researched July 18, 2026
Integrity and Ethics
· 1 record
Hanley supports legislative-leadership term limits, an independent ethics commission with enforcement authority, real-time campaign-finance disclosure, lobbying cooling-off periods, and restrictions on dark-money coordination.
July 16, 2026
Source: chicago.suntimes.com · researched July 18, 2026
Elections
- Illinois State Senator, 9th Legislative District · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 9; Illinois
Profile last researched July 18, 2026.