Danny Orrock

At a glance

Stated priorities

From the candidate’s announcement, as reported by the Evanston RoundTable. Listed, not evaluated.

• Cost-benefit review of the district’s financial decisions [1]
• “Rigorous” technology decisions [1]
• School closures only as a decision “of last resort” [1]

Record

Facts from public records, campaign filings and published news reports, each checked against its primary source. Same categories and the same review for every candidate. Listed, not evaluated. Last reviewed Tue Oct 6, 2026.

Campaign finance

• 2014–2022Federal Election Commission records list five contributions from Orrock between October 2014 and November 2022 totaling $505, counting each contribution routed through ActBlue once and excluding tips to ActBlue.[2]
• Oct 2026As of Oct. 6, 2026, the Illinois State Board of Elections listed no political committee for him.[3]

Public office

Nothing found in the records reviewed.

Property and taxes

• Jun 2016Orrock and a second owner bought the two-unit building at 1328 Monroe St., Evanston, for $470,000 by a warranty deed executed June 13, 2016 and recorded June 27, 2016.[4][5]
• Feb 2020Orrock and the same second owner bought the single-family house at 2201 Pioneer Rd., Evanston, for $720,000 by a warranty deed executed Feb. 25, 2020 and recorded Feb. 28, 2020.[6]

Legal and regulatory

• Jan 2011As of Oct. 6, 2026, the State Bar of Georgia lists Daniel Haywood Orrock, admitted Jan. 19, 2011, as an inactive member in good standing with no disciplinary history on record.[7]
• May 2013As of Oct. 6, 2026, the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission lists Daniel Haywood Orrock, admitted May 9, 2013, as active and authorized to practice law, with no public record of discipline or pending proceedings.[8]

Statements and conduct

• May 2026In public comment to the District 65 board on May 18, 2026, recorded in the approved minutes as a paraphrase, he criticized the administration for failing to inform the board in a timely manner about key deadlines, including central office staff reductions, and urged the board to exercise its oversight power and hold administrators accountable to the community.[9]
• Oct 2026Announcing his candidacy, he told the Evanston RoundTable "it's really not clear to me that putting an iPad in the hands of every student is improving their learning," and the RoundTable reported that he thinks school closures should be a decision "of last resort" and is unsure whether the decision to close Kingsley met that criterion.[10]