García, Jesús
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Jesús G. "Chuy" García ( CHOO-ee; born April 12, 1956) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 4th district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners, as well as in the Illinois Senate and on the Chicago City Council before his election to Congress. He was also a candidate for mayor of Chicago in 2015 and 2023. Throughout his career in Chicago and national politics, he has been described as a progressive. García was first elected to the Chicago City Council in 1986. During his time on the city council, he was known for being a staunch ally of Mayor Harold Washington. In 1992, he became the first Mexican-American member of the Illinois State Senate. He was defeated in his reelection bid to the state senate by Antonio Munoz in the 1998 primary. In 2010, García was elected to the 7th district of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. He ran for mayor of Chicago in 2015, losing to incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel in a runoff. In 2018, García was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, succeeding ally Luis Gutiérrez. He ran again for mayor of Chicago in the 2023 election, challenging incumbent mayor Lori Lightfoot, but placed fourth in the first round. On November 3, 2025, he announced he would not seek reelection in 2026. By delaying his decision until after the filing deadline, García effectively cleared the field for his chief of staff, Patty Garcia, who became the only Democrat on the ballot to succeed him. The maneuver was widely viewed as an attempt to engineer his own succession and deny voters a competitive primary, prompting criticism from local and national political figures. The House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning the move on November 18, 2025, 238–186.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- García, Jesús
- First name
- Jesús
- Last name
- García
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Illinois 4th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- Illinois 4th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
- Illinois 4th Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $863,042.92
- Total disbursements
- $852,232.18
- Cash on hand
- $35,835.53
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $863,042.92 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $375,792.56;Share: 43.5%;Denominator: $863,042.92 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $423,211.00;Share: 49%;Denominator: $863,042.92 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $863,042.92 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $863,042.92 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $863,042.92 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $64,039.36;Share: 7.4%;Denominator: $863,042.92 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $336,067.00
- Itemized
- $336,067.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 699 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $336,067.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $200.00;Transactions: 2;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $500.00;Transactions: 1;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $7,025.00;Transactions: 9;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $20,525.00;Transactions: 22;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $4,975.00;Transactions: 20;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $6,425.00;Transactions: 12;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $10,675.00;Transactions: 19;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $2,215.00;Transactions: 16;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $26,402.00;Transactions: 34;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $53,927.00;Transactions: 81;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $19,307.00;Transactions: 47;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $52,892.00;Transactions: 94;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $48,901.00;Transactions: 84;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $3,660.00;Transactions: 25;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $11,550.00;Transactions: 37;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $7,216.00;Transactions: 38;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $8,446.00;Transactions: 35;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $14,251.00;Transactions: 34;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $15,654.00;Transactions: 38;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $15,446.00;Transactions: 38;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $4,625.00;Transactions: 11;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $1,250.00;Transactions: 2;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $336,067.00 across 699 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $18,594.00;Transactions: 339 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $27,700.00;Transactions: 107 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $61,300.00;Transactions: 116 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $105,373.00;Transactions: 97 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $123,100.00;Transactions: 40 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 20% in district
- District share basis
- $66,388.00 in district and $263,879.00 out of district; $5,800.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $5,800.00 with 41 reported transactions; visible denominator is $336,067.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $66,388.00;Transactions: 179;Denominator: $336,067.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $225,286.00;Transactions: 408;Denominator: $336,067.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $38,593.00;Transactions: 71;Denominator: $336,067.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $5,800.00;Transactions: 41;Denominator: $336,067.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| FLOOD, KEVIN | $6,800.00 | 3 transactions |
| D'ESCOTO, RODRIGO | $6,700.00 | 2 transactions |
| BUSHNER, IAN | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| BUSHNER, SADIYA | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| CARDENAS, HENRY | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| CLIFFORD, ROBERT A | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| EYCHANER, FRED | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| PISSIOS, ALEX | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| DISPARTI, LAWRENCE | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| AKHTAR, MUHAMMAD | $5,000.00 | 2 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $65,420.00 | 274 transactions |
| REFLECTION WINDOW + WALL | $6,700.00 | 2 transactions |
| ALECKO CAPITAL | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| CARDENAS MARKETING NETWORK | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| LATHAM & WATKINS LLP | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| NEWSWEB CORP. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| SADIYA BUSHNER | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| RNA CORPORATION | $5,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| FLOOD BROS DISPOSAL CO | $5,000.00 | 1 transaction |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $56,300.00 | 17 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $56,300.00 and 17 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H8IL04134
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H8IL04134
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H8IL04134
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:G000586
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H8IL04134:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H8IL04134:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H8IL04134:2026
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
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- fec_candidate_id
- H8IL04134
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- wikidata_id
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