George A. Cardenas

Democrat · Candidate for Cook County Board of Review, District 1 · November 3, 2026

About this race

Hears property owners' appeals of their property assessments and can lower (or raise) assessed values set by the assessor. Also reviews requests for property-tax exemptions. Cook County's board has three commissioners, each elected from a district.

1 candidate is running for Cook County Board of Review, District 1 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 114 donors to their 2018 campaign for city council. 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

$497K raised, $1,590 from small donors.

Largest donorsAmount
CPHY Holding in WY, Llc$14K
Chicago LAND Operators Joint Labor-management PAC$12K
Terry Engel$11K
Quality Truck & Trailer Repair Inc$10K
Metropolitan Investments Group of Wheaton$10K
Cesar & Yolanda Reyes$10K
Citizens for Christopher Getty$8,628
Steven B Pearlman & Associates$8,250

Source: Illinois State Board of Elections, reports through 2026-10-03.

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What party is George A. Cardenas?
George A. Cardenas is running as a Democrat.
What does the Cook County Board of Review, District 1 seat do?
Hears property owners' appeals of their property assessments and can lower (or raise) assessed values set by the assessor. Also reviews requests for property-tax exemptions. Cook County's board has three commissioners, each elected from a district.
How much money has George A. Cardenas raised?
$497K as of the latest state campaign-finance filings.
Is George A. Cardenas liberal or conservative?
On SpectrumVote's left–right scale, George A. Cardenas 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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