BiographyPatrick Hanley (D), a small business owner, organizer and environmental leader, is running for State Senate District 9. Born in Evanston and raised in Northbrook and Glenview, he spent a decade in Washington, D.C. serving in government, earned M.P.P. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Chicago, advised governors during COVID-19, and helped grow his wife's bedding company Piglet in Bed to 100+ employees. He founded Operation Swing State.