Fredrick "Fritz" Kaegi is an American politician who has served as Cook County assessor since 2018.

[2] Kaegi holds the designations of Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Illinois Assessment Officer.

[4][7] During the primary election, Kaegi received the endorsements of the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, and Daily Herald, as well as politicians such as Danny Davis, Bill Foster, Robin Kelly, Mike Quigley, Bobby Rush, and Jan Schakowsky.

"[8] After defeating Berrios to be the Democratic nominee, Kaegi won the general election against Republican Joseph Paglia.

As assessor, Kaegi began the process of reassessing all of the county's properties, to be done over a three-year period.