{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | image = | office = Commissioner of Cook County Board of Review from the 1st district | term_start = December 2010 | term_end = December 2020 | predecessor = Brendan Houlihan | successor = Tammy Wendt | office1 = Wheeling Township Assessor | term_start1 = 2005 | term_end1 = 2010 | predecessor1 = Dolores Stephan | successor1 = Jerry Sadler | birth_date = March 1962 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | education = Valparaiso University }}
'''Dan Patlak''' (born March 1962) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Cook County Board of Review from the 1st district from 2010 to 2020. Before this he served as Wheeling Township assessor from 2005 to 2010.
==Early life, education, and career== Patlak was born in March 1962.<ref name="WTTW2016">{{cite web |last1=Blumberg |first1=Nick |title=Dan Patlak: Commissioner, Cook County Board of Review, 1st District |url=https://news.wttw.com/2016/10/07/dan-patlak-commissioner-cook-county-board-review-1st-district |website=WTTW News |accessdate=19 November 2020 |language=en |date=7 October 2016}}</ref>
Patlak graduated from Valparaiso University with a bachelor's degree in business administration.<ref name="Jornal&Topics1">{{cite web |last1=Barry |first1=Lauren |title=After Decade In Seat, Patlak May Be Ousted From Cook County Board Of Review {{!}} Journal & Topics Media Group |url=https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/after-decade-in-seat-patlak-may-be-ousted-from-cook-county-board-of-review/ |website=www.journal-topics.com |publisher=Journal & Topics |accessdate=19 November 2020 |date=17 November 2020}}</ref>
Patlak worked as a real estate broker from 1986 until 1995.<ref name="Jornal&Topics1"/><ref name="cookcountygov1">{{cite web |title=Dan Patlak {{!}} CookCountyIL.gov |url=https://www.cookcountyil.gov/person/dan-patlak-0 |website=www.cookcountyil.gov |publisher=Cook County Government |accessdate=19 November 2020 |archive-date=1 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201144513/https://www.cookcountyil.gov/person/dan-patlak-0 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In the 1990s, Patlak became an anti-tax activist.<ref name="Cox1">{{cite web |last1=Cox |first1=Ted |title=Patlak to run for Cook Board of Review -- Daily Herald |url=http://prev.dailyherald.com/story/?id=316378&src=329 |website=prev.dailyherald.com |publisher=Chicago Daily Herald |accessdate=20 November 2020 |date=25 August 2009}}</ref> From 1992 to 1994, he was a volunteer coordinator for Citizens Against Government Waste.<ref name="cookcountygov1"/> He organized "Tax Action Day Rallies" at the Kluczynski Federal Building and Daley Plaza.<ref name="cookcountygov1"/> He testified before the Cook County Board of Commissioners in opposition to a $0.75 county sales tax.<ref name="cookcountygov1"/>
Patlak is a Graduate of the Real Estate Institute and is a member of the National Realtors Association and Illinois Realtors Association.<ref name="cookcountygov1"/>
Patlak served on the East Maine Elementary School District 63 Board from 1995 to 1997, having won election to it in 1995.<ref name="WTTW2016"/><ref name="Jornal&Topics1"/><ref name="CT2010">{{cite web |title=Editorial board questionnaires and endorsements |url=http://primaries2010.elections.chicagotribune.com/editorial/dan-patlak/index.html |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=19 November 2020 |date=2010 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415060411/http://primaries2010.elections.chicagotribune.com/editorial/dan-patlak/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He served as press secretary for Al Salvi during Salvi's 1996 U.S. Senate campaign.<ref name="Cox1"/>
From January 1999 to December 2006, he was employed at the Cook County Board of Review as a property assessment appeal analyst and public information officer for commissioner Maureen Murphy.<ref name="Cox1"/><ref name="cookcountygov1"/>
Patlak became a Certified Illinois Assessing Officer.<ref name="cookcountygov1"/>
Patak is a member of the National Taxpayers Union.<ref name="cookcountygov1"/> He is also a member of the International Association of Assessing Officers.<ref name="cookcountygov1"/>
In 2005, Patlak was elected the assessor of Wheeling Township, unseating 24-year incumbent Dolores Stephen.<ref name="WTTW2016"/><ref name="Jornal&Topics1"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Placek |first1=Christopher |title=Former Wheeling Twp. assessor dies at 82 |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110905/news/709059836/ |website=Daily Herald |accessdate=20 November 2020 |date=5 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="2005result"/> He was reelected in 2009, running unopposed.<ref name="WTTW2016"/><ref name="Jornal&Topics1"/><ref name="2009result"/>
==Cook County Board of Review== In 2010, Patlak was elected to the Cook County Board of Review from the 1st district. In the Republican primary, he defeated Sean M. Morrison. In the general election, he unseated first-term Democratic incumbent Brendan Houlihan.
Patlak was reelected in 2012 and 2016.
Patlak gave his support to Illinois Senate Bill 3356, which would extend the period for payment of delinquent property taxes from nine months to thirteen months.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hanania |first1=Ray |title=Pappas joins officials urging more time for payment of delinquent property taxes |url=https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2020/02/24/pappas-joins-officials-urging-more-time-for-payment-of-delinquent-property-taxes/ |website=Suburban Chicagoland |accessdate=20 November 2020 |date=24 February 2020}}</ref>
In 2020, he was unseated by Democratic nominee Tammy Wendt.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hanania |first1=Ray |title=Tammy Wendt defeats Dan Patlak and the radical Left |url=https://patch.com/illinois/orlandpark/tammy-wendt-defeats-dan-patlak-radical-left |website=Orland Park, IL Patch |accessdate=19 November 2020 |language=en |date=19 November 2020}}</ref>
In February 2026, the organization ''Injustice Watch'' published a profile which flagged ethics concerns about campaign donations that Patlak and his fellow Board of Review commissioners had accepted in 2017 and 2018 from real estate professionals with business before the board.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Cabonargi - March 2026 Cook County Judicial Election Guide |url=https://2026primary.injusticewatch.org/candidate/michael-cabonargi-34872 |website=Injustice Watch |access-date=March 19, 2026 |language=en |date=February 12, 2026}}</ref>
==Personal life== Patlak resides in Wheeling, Illinois with his wife Dulce and son Teddy.<ref name="WTTW2016"/><ref name="Jornal&Topics1"/><ref name="cookcountygov1"/> He is a member of his local Knights of Columbus chapter.<ref name="Jornal&Topics1"/><ref name="cookcountygov1"/>
==Electoral history== ===East Maine Elementary School District 63 Board=== {{incomplete list|date=November 2020}}
===Wheeling Township Assessor=== {{Election box begin no change | title=2005 Wheeling Township Assessor election<ref name="2005result">{{cite web |title=Suburban Cook County Election Results |url=https://results.cookcountyclerkil.gov/electionresults/040505/SummaryElection040505RaceNum634.html?Party=ALL |website=results.cookcountyclerkil.gov |publisher=Cook County Clerk |accessdate=20 November 2020}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Dan Patlak |votes = 8,983 |percentage = 53.01 }} {{Election box candidate no change |party = BPP |candidate = Delores Stephan (incumbent) |votes = 7,964 |percentage = 46.99 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 16,947 | percentage = 100 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=2009 Wheeling Township Assessor election<ref name="2009result">{{cite web |title=Suburban Cook County Election Results April 07, 2009 Consolidated General Election Township Assessor Wheeling Township & Precinct Results |url=https://results.cookcountyclerkil.gov/Detail.aspx?eid=040709&rid=630&vfor=1&twpftr=1 |website=results.cookcountyclerkil.gov |publisher=Cook County Clerk |accessdate=20 November 2020}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Dan Patlak (incumbent) |votes = 14,238 |percentage = 100 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 14,238 | percentage = 100 }} {{Election box end}}
===Cook County Board of Review=== ;2010 {{Election box begin no change | title=2010 Cook County Board of Review 1st district Republican primary<ref>{{cite web |title=Combined Summary Report - Primary Election Cook County Primary February 2, 2010 |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/Combined%20Summary_Final.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office |accessdate=16 March 2020 |archive-date=13 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013204759/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/Combined%20Summary_Final.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Dan Patlak |votes = 48,218 |percentage = 52.51 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Sean M. Morrison |votes = 43,600 |percentage = 47.49 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 91,818 | percentage = 100 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=2010 Cook County Board of Review 1st district election<ref>{{cite web |title=Cook County General Election November 2, 2010 Combined Summary Report |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/Combined_Summary_Report_110210.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office |accessdate=16 March 2020}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Dan Patlak |votes = 256,891 |percentage = 51.69 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Brendan F. Houlihan (incumbent) |votes = 240,070 |percentage = 48.31 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 496,961 | percentage = 100 }} {{Election box end}}
;2012 {{Election box begin no change | title=2012 Cook County Board of Review 1st district Republican primary<ref>{{cite web |title=Combined Summary Cook County Primary Election March 20, 2012 |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/Combined%20Summary%20032012.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office |accessdate=15 March 2020 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127063042/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/Combined%20Summary%20032012.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Dan Patlak (incumbent) |votes = 59,778 |percentage = 53.68 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Sean M. Morrison |votes = 51,577 |percentage = 46.32 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 111,355 | percentage = 100 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=2012 Cook County Board of Review 1st district election<ref>{{cite web |title=Cook County and the City of Chicago Combined Summary Report General Election November 6, 2012 |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/SummaryReportCombined_11_2012.pdf |accessdate=16 March 2020}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Dan Patlak (incumbent) |votes = 316,190 |percentage = 51.52 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Casey Thomas Griffin |votes = 297,517 |percentage = 48.48 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 613,707 | percentage = 100 }} {{Election box end}}
;2016 {{Election box begin no change | title=2016 Cook County Board of Review 1st district Republican primary<ref>{{cite web |title=Primary Election Cook County and The City of Chicago Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Combined Summary |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/CombinedSummaryReport31516.pdf|publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office |accessdate=15 March 2020}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Dan Patlak (incumbent) |votes = 132,977 |percentage = 100 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 132,977 | percentage = 100 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=2016 Cook County Board of Review 1st district election<ref>{{cite web |title=General Election Cook County and The City of Chicago Tuesday, November 8, 2016 Combined Summary |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/CombinedSummaryReport110816%20%281%29.pdf |accessdate=15 March 2020 |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029203050/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/CombinedSummaryReport110816%20(1).pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Dan Patlak (incumbent) |votes = 353,705 |percentage = 51.89 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Marty Stack |votes = 327,998 |percentage = 48.11 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 681,703 | percentage = 100 }} {{Election box end}}
;2020 {{Election box begin no change | title=2020 Board of Review 1st district Republican primary<ref>{{cite web |title=Cook County and The City of Chicago Primary Election March 17, 2020 Combined Summary |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/Combined%20Summary_03172020_v3.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk |accessdate=7 April 2020 |archive-date=12 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412003807/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/Combined%20Summary_03172020_v3.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Dan Patlak (incumbent) |votes = 43,625 |percentage = 100 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 43,625 | percentage = 100 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=2020 Board of Review 1st district election}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Tammy Wendt |votes = |percentage = }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Dan Patlak (incumbent) |votes = |percentage = }} {{Election box total no change | votes = | percentage = }} {{Election box end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Cook County Board of Review commissioners|state=collapsed}}
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