Patricia Joan "Trish" Murphy

Democrat · Candidate for Cook County Board of Commissioners, District 6 · November 3, 2026

About this race

Your county's governing board (in Illinois, the county board). Adopts the county budget and property-tax levy, passes county ordinances, and oversees county services such as health and welfare programs, roads and county buildings.

1 candidate is running for Cook County Board of Commissioners, District 6 in the general election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Only voters in this district.

Where they stand

Moderately left, from the giving patterns of their campaign donors (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford). Based on the 98 donors to their 2016 campaign for supervisor. DIME doesn't name donors: it places each one by everyone they give to, then places the candidate by their donors.

Source: data · how scores are linked to one scale.

Funding

$204K raised, $8,238 from small donors, $5,000 self-funded.

Largest donorsAmount
Local 134 State & Municipal PAC$23K
Friends of BILL Cunningham$11K
Mid-america Carpenters Regional Council Political Action Committee$11K
Disparti LAW Group$10K
I.u.o.e. Local 399 Political Education FUND$8,300
Larry Disparti$7,300
Teamsters Volunteers in Politics$6,500

Source: Illinois State Board of Elections, reports through 2026-10-26.

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What party is Patricia Joan "Trish" Murphy?
Patricia Joan "Trish" Murphy is running as a Democrat.
What does the Cook County Board of Commissioners, District 6 seat do?
Your county's governing board (in Illinois, the county board). Adopts the county budget and property-tax levy, passes county ordinances, and oversees county services such as health and welfare programs, roads and county buildings.
How much money has Patricia Joan "Trish" Murphy raised?
$204K as of the latest state campaign-finance filings.
Is Patricia Joan "Trish" Murphy liberal or conservative?
On SpectrumVote's left–right scale, Patricia Joan "Trish" Murphy is moderately left, from the giving patterns of their campaign donors (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford). This comes from published research, not our opinion.
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