Dan Patlak (born March 1962) is an American politician who has served as a member of the

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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. Patlak graduated from

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with a

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. Patlak worked as a real estate

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from 1986 until 1995. In the 1990s, Patlak became an anti-tax

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. From 1992 to 1994, he was a volunteer coordinator for Citizens Against Government Waste. He organized "Tax Action Day Rallies" at the

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and

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. He testified before the

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in opposition to a $0.75 county sales tax. Patlak is a Graduate of the Real Estate Institute and is a member of the National Realtors Association and Illinois Realtors Association. Patlak served on the East Maine Elementary School District 63 Board from 1995 to 1997, having won election to it in 1995. He served as press secretary for

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during Salvi's

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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campaign. 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. Patlak became a Certified Illinois Assessing Officer. Patak is a member of the

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. He is also a member of the International Association of Assessing Officers. In 2005, Patlak was elected the assessor of Wheeling Township, unseating 24-year incumbent Dolores Stephen. He was reelected in 2009, running unopposed.

Cook County Board of Review

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, Patlak was elected to the

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 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

and

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

. 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. In

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, he was unseated by Democratic nominee Tammy Wendt.

Personal life

Patlak resides in Wheeling,

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with his wife Dulce and son Teddy. He is a member of his local

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chapter.

Electoral history

East Maine Elementary School District 63 Board

Wheeling Township Assessor

Cook County Board of Review

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References

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