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
2026 cycle
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $375,959.31
- Total disbursements
- $383,531.51
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $375,959.31 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle.
Receipt source components are not loaded yet.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|
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
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2026 cycle
- $177,136.00
- Itemized
- $177,136.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 320 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $177,136.00 in the 2026 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | Dollars: $870.00;Transactions: 5;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2025 | Dollars: $9,495.00;Transactions: 30;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2025 | Dollars: $5,681.00;Transactions: 19;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2025 | Dollars: $24,195.00;Transactions: 35;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2025 | Dollars: $22,030.00;Transactions: 23;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2025 | Dollars: $29,720.00;Transactions: 47;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2025 | Dollars: $19,915.00;Transactions: 36;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2025 | Dollars: $740.00;Transactions: 11;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2025 | Dollars: $24,390.00;Transactions: 38;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2025 | Dollars: $39,090.00;Transactions: 67;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2025 | Dollars: $1,010.00;Transactions: 9;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2025 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $177,136.00 across 320 reported transactions in the 2026 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $5,435.00;Transactions: 113 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $20,801.00;Transactions: 78 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $43,800.00;Transactions: 74 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $32,700.00;Transactions: 31 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $74,400.00;Transactions: 24 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 24% in district
- District share basis
- $42,400.00 in district and $133,236.00 out of district; $1,500.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $1,500.00 with 1 reported transactions; visible denominator is $177,136.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $42,400.00;Transactions: 89;Denominator: $177,136.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $116,051.00;Transactions: 200;Denominator: $177,136.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $17,185.00;Transactions: 30;Denominator: $177,136.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $1,500.00;Transactions: 1;Denominator: $177,136.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| MANDERA, PERRY | $7,500.00 | 3 transactions |
| CARDENAS, HENRY | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| CLIFFORD, ROBERT A | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| EYCHANER, FRED | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| ROGERS, JOHN JR | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| SMITH, LEO A. | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| HERNANDEZ, RENATO | $3,750.00 | 15 transactions |
| VALADEZ, DERLY | $3,550.00 | 5 transactions |
| KAEGI, FREDERICK | $3,500.00 | 1 transaction |
| LYCZAK, MICHAEL B | $3,500.00 | 1 transaction |
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 | $37,286.00 | 122 transactions |
| THE CUSTOM COMPANIES INC. | $7,500.00 | 3 transactions |
| ARIEL INVESTMENTS | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| CARDENAS MARKETING NETWORK | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| NEWSWEB CORP. | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| VALADEZ ELECTRICAL SERVICE LLC. | $3,550.00 | 5 transactions |
| CCAO | $3,500.00 | 1 transaction |
| GALERA FRESH | $3,500.00 | 1 transaction |
| HITN | $3,500.00 | 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 | $49,550.00 | 19 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $49,550.00 and 19 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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- G000586
- fec_candidate_id
- H8IL04134
- fec_candidate_ids
- H8IL04134
- govtrack_id
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- wikidata_id
- Q18631698