Cook County assessor gets first challenger for ’22 primary election; Kari Steele calls incumbent Fritz Kaegi’s term ‘chaotic’

In a statement Monday, Kaegi defended his record in what he described as “transforming the old, broken property tax system into one based on fairness, transparency, and ethics.” He cited that in 2021, residential tax bills went up just 1% this year, the average property tax bill in Chicago went down and appeals declined.