Maria Pappas

Maria Pappas
Pappas in 2026
Treasurer of Cook County
Assumed office
December 1998
Preceded byEdward J. Rosewell
Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
from the 10th district
In office
December 1994 – December 1998
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byMike Quigley
Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
from Chicago
In office
December 1990 – December 1994
Personal details
Born (1949-06-07) June 7, 1949 (age 77)
Warwood, West Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)
Peter Kamberos
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(m. 1991)​
EducationWest Liberty University (BA)
West Virginia State University (MS)
Loyola University Chicago (PhD)
Illinois Institute of Technology (JD)
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Maria Pappas (born June 7, 1949) is an American lawyer and politician who has been the Cook County Treasurer since 1998. Before, she was a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 1990 to 1998. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Pappas ran for the United States Senate in 2004, losing the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama. She thought about running for Mayor of Chicago in 2011, but chose not to run. Pappas thought running for mayor again in 2019 after Mayor Rahm Emanuel dropped out, but decided not to in the end.

In November 2025, Pappas announced her candidacy for mayor of Chicago in the 2027 election, running against incumbent Mayor Brandon Johnson.

References

  1. ↑ "Maria Pappas". Chicago Sun Times. Chicago, Illinois. February 7, 1994. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ Karamitsos, Maria A. (September 14, 2010). "Chicago's Maria Pappas Considers Running for Mayor". Greek Reporter. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  3. ↑ Hinton, Rachel (11 September 2018). "Maria Pappas mulling mayoral run: 'I get what the city needs'". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas to run for Chicago mayor: 'I'm in'". Yahoo. November 17, 2025. Retrieved November 17, 2025.[permanent dead link]