On Wednesday, Nov. 4, defense attorney Tammy Wendt sat down to write a concession statement acknowledging that she had failed in her longshot bid to unseat Cook County Board of Review Comm. Dan Patlak (R-1). Leading by about 37,000 votes, Patlak appeared headed for a fourth term on the board, whose decisions wield massive power over tax bills assigned to the county’s nearly 2 million properties.