{"entity":{"id":11059,"slug":"congress-g000586","name":"Jesús G. \"Chuy\" García","type":"person","role":"US Representative (D-IL-4)","description":"Jesús G. \"Chuy\" García is the Democratic U.S. Representative (IL's 4th congressional district). The platform has 4 voting records on file (2019-2025) and 47 verified facts on file covering this member's voting positions, financial disclosures, and stated platform commitments.","imageUrl":null,"createdAt":"2026-04-20T04:56:40.828Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-24T19:15:11.900Z"},"electedOffice":{"chamber":"U.S. House","state":"IL","district":"4","party":"Democratic","in_office_since":null},"significance":{"score":12,"components":{"totalFindings":0,"connectionDegree":8,"recentFindings90d":0,"activeResearchJobs":0,"goblinAttributions":4,"recentSyntheses90d":0,"moneyFlowChainsTotal":0,"closedLoopMemberships":0,"moneyFlowHopsRecent90d":0},"computedAt":"2026-10-16T01:34:31.424Z"},"facts":[{"id":47420,"text":"García's 2025-2026 cycle campaign committee (Chuy Garcia for Congress, C00661777) raised $375,305.52 total receipts through March 31, 2026, with $350,391.10 in total contributions: $193,811.94 from individuals ($178,818.39 itemized), $779.16 from party committees, and $155,800.00 from other committee (PAC) contributions.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2026-03-31","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: García's 2025-2026 cycle campaign committee (Chuy Garcia for Congress, C00661777","url":"https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00661777/","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":47432,"text":"Voted nay on H.R. 22 (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act) on 2025-04-10: García voted Nay (Roll no. 102) against requiring documentary proof of citizenship for federal voter registration, joining 207 other Democrats. His district is 66.3% Hispanic with 31.5% foreign-born residents — many of whom could face barriers under the law. The vote aligned with constituent demographics but created electoral vulnerability as polls consistently show 70%+ public support for voter ID. NRCC and GOP opponents have used the vote to portray García as opposing election integrity.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2025-04-10","source":{"title":"Roll call: H.R.22","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025102","publication":"Congress.gov"}},{"id":47434,"text":"Voted nay on S. 5 (Laken Riley Act (Senate Amended Version)) on 2025-01-22: García voted Nay (Roll no. 23) on the Senate-amended Laken Riley Act, again opposing mandatory ICE detention despite the Senate narrowing detention triggers to include violent crimes. 46 Democrats joined all Republicans in passing it 263-156. García stood alongside 155 other Democrats in opposition. While constituent-aligned for a majority-Hispanic district, his Nay vote put him at odds with both the bipartisan majority and parts of the Latino electorate that polling shows supported stronger immigration enforcement. He called the debate driven by 'xenophobia' and 'disinformation.'","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2025-01-22","source":{"title":"Claim: On the Senate-amended version of the Laken Riley Act (S. 5), McClain Delaney aga","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202523","publication":"Handoff"}},{"id":47433,"text":"Voted nay on H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act (Initial House Version)) on 2025-01-07: García voted Nay (Roll no. 6) on the initial House Laken Riley Act, one of 159 Democrats opposing while 48 Democrats joined all 216 Republicans in passing it. His district's 66% Hispanic and heavily immigrant population makes this a constituent-aligned vote on mandatory ICE detention provisions. However, the bill passed 264-159 with significant bipartisan support, and García's own statement calling it an exploitation of Laken Riley's death risked clashing with public sentiment for stricter immigration enforcement even in some Latino communities.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2025-01-07","source":{"title":"Roll call: H.R. 29","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025006","publication":"Congress.gov"}},{"id":47426,"text":"OpenSecrets reported García's campaign committee vendor payments of $209,798 in the 2024 cycle, including $94,794 to H&M Consulting, with significant payments to political consultants and media firms.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2024-12-31","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: In his 2019-2020 congressional cycle, García raised over $1.2 million with signi","url":"https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/jesus-garcia/expenditures?cid=N00042114&cycle=2022","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":47425,"text":"Chuy Garcia for Congress donated $1,000 to Areyto PAC in the 2023-2024 cycle.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2024-12-31","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: Chuy Garcia for Congress donated $1,000 to Areyto PAC in the 2023-2024 cycle.","url":"https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/areyto-pac/C00857037/pac-to-pac/2024","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":47430,"text":"[platform] In a Chicago Sun-Times candidate questionnaire during the 2024 campaign, García stated: 'I believe in creating legal pathways to citizenship, decriminalizing immigration, and ending harmful policies like mass detention and family separation.'","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2024-10-21","source":{"title":"Claim: In a Chicago Sun-Times candidate questionnaire during the 2024 campaign, García ","url":"https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/10/21/jesus-chuy-garcia-illinois-4th-congressional-district","publication":"Handoff"}},{"id":47835,"text":"García co-authored a January 2023 Hill op-ed with Rep. Stephen Lynch calling for the SEC to regulate the 'vast majority' of crypto assets as securities—making him one of the relatively few members who received SBF-linked money and later publicly advocated for stricter crypto regulation, which mitigates the quid-pro-quo inference.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2023-01-25","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried donated $2,900 directly to García's cong","url":"https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/ftx-founder-bankman-fried-gave-illinois-democratic-congressional-candidates","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":47833,"text":"García's mayoral campaign adviser Manny Diaz disputed the Sun-Times account that García personally spoke with Sam Bankman-Fried, instead claiming the conversation was with Gabriel Bankman-Fried—contradicting the congressman's own earlier characterization and leaving the identity of the interlocutor unresolved in the public record.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2022-12-15","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried donated $2,900 directly to García's cong","url":"https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/ftx-founder-bankman-fried-gave-illinois-democratic-congressional-candidates","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":47834,"text":"García questioned FTX CEO John Ray at the December 13, 2022 House Financial Services Committee hearing on the FTX collapse while simultaneously facing mayoral-campaign attacks over Protect Our Future PAC spending, placing his oversight role and his political exposure in direct convergence.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2022-12-13","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried donated $2,900 directly to García's cong","url":"https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/ftx-founder-bankman-fried-gave-illinois-democratic-congressional-candidates","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":47832,"text":"García was one of nine members of the House Financial Services Committee who collectively received over $300,000 in FTX-linked campaign contributions during the 2021-2022 cycle, placing his $199,853+$2,900 benefit in a broader institutional pattern rather than a unique transaction.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2022-11-19","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried donated $2,900 directly to García's cong","url":"https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/ftx-founder-bankman-fried-gave-illinois-democratic-congressional-candidates","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":47424,"text":"García sits on the House Financial Services Committee, which regulates cryptocurrency markets, while receiving significant crypto-industry connected independent expenditures during his 2022 primary.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2022-11-08","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried donated $2,900 directly to García's cong","url":"https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/ftx-founder-bankman-fried-gave-illinois-democratic-congressional-candidates","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":47428,"text":"[vote] García voted against the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 7900) for Fiscal Year 2023, stating: 'We cannot continue to vote for ever-expanding defense authorizations' and 'The House of Representatives should not authorize an unprecedented $839.3 billion for military programs.' He called the bill 'yet another giveaway to the defense industry.'","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2022-07-15","source":null},{"id":47422,"text":"Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried donated $2,900 directly to García's congressional campaign. Additionally, the Bankman-Fried-funded Protect Our Future PAC spent $199,853 on ads and mailers supporting García in his 2022 unopposed Democratic primary, despite his campaign claiming no knowledge of the expenditure.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2022-06-15","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried donated $2,900 directly to García's cong","url":"https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/ftx-founder-bankman-fried-gave-illinois-democratic-congressional-candidates","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":47429,"text":"[statement] In 2021, García drew a hard line that he 'won't back a reconciliation bill without a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants' and stated 'A robust and equitable budget reconciliation deal must include a pathway to citizenship for immigrants -- our country can't make a full recovery without it, and I can't support any deal that leaves so many people in my district behind.'","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2021-07-07","source":{"title":"Claim: In 2021, García drew a hard line that he 'won't back a reconciliation bill witho","url":"https://rollcall.com/2021/07/07/garcia-adds-reconciliation-demand-democrats-unlikely-to-meet-on-immigration/","publication":"Handoff"}},{"id":47421,"text":"In his 2019-2020 congressional cycle, García raised over $1.2 million with significant support from labor unions including SEIU ($10,000 PAC contribution), AFSCME, and the American Federation of Teachers.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2020-11-30","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: In his 2019-2020 congressional cycle, García raised over $1.2 million with signi","url":"https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/jesus-garcia/expenditures?cid=N00042114&cycle=2022","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":47431,"text":"Voted yea on H.R. 2500 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020) on 2019-07-12: García voted Yea on the FY2020 NDAA (Roll no. 466) framing it as a progressive bill worth passing to strengthen House negotiators against a more hawkish Senate version. He subsequently voted Nay on the FY2022 and FY2023 NDAAs, condemning the same annual defense bill as a 'giveaway to the defense industry.' This is a 180-degree reversal on the same statutory vehicle — the annual NDAA. His 2019 Yea is made more notable by the fact his district has no major defense industry presence.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2019-07-12","source":{"title":"Roll call: H.R. 2500","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019466","publication":"Congress.gov"}},{"id":47427,"text":"[vote] García voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2500) for Fiscal Year 2020, stating the House version was a 'strong, progressive bill' that included 'positive reforms' such as 12 weeks of paid family leave for federal employees, diversity in the armed services, and prohibition on military funding for a border wall. He said he voted to pass it so 'House negotiators will have the leverage to advance a more inclusive, more environmentally-conscious, and more humane military policy' in conference with the Senate.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2019-07-12","source":null},{"id":47423,"text":"García's mayoral campaign (2014-2015) received over $5.2 million in disclosed donations, with top support from labor unions including a $250,000 check from SEIU Healthcare and a $1 million commitment from the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2015-04-07","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: García's mayoral campaign (2014-2015) received over $5.2 million in disclosed do","url":"https://apps.chicagotribune.com/jesus-chuy-garcia-donors/","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":47457,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index: D+42","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/jess-garca-G000586/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47456,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Foreign-born population: 31.5%","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Dominant industry","url":"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-il","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47455,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Race/Ethnicity — White (non-Hispanic): 23.4%","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois%27s_4th_congressional_district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47454,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Race/Ethnicity — Hispanic: 66.3%","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/jess-garca-G000586/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47453,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median age: 36.9","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/jess-garca-G000586/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47452,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Unemployment rate: 6.8%","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/jess-garca-G000586/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47451,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 10.8%","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/jess-garca-G000586/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47450,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.7%","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/jess-garca-G000586/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47449,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 63.1%","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/jess-garca-G000586/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47448,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population (2023): 729,797","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/jess-garca-G000586/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47447,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $75,931","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/jess-garca-G000586/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47446,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Illinois Amendment 1 — Right to Collective Bargaining (2022) (2022) — passed, margin 58.4%-41.6%","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Ballot measure","url":"https://www.elections.il.gov/electionresults.aspx","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47445,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 561320 - Temporary Help Services (share 0.04)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Dominant industry","url":"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-il","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47444,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 484110 - General Freight Trucking (share 0.05)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Dominant industry","url":"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-il","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47443,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 722511 - Full-Service Restaurants (share 0.06)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Dominant industry","url":"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-il","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47442,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 611110 - Elementary and Secondary Schools (share 0.12)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Dominant industry","url":"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-il","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47441,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 622110 - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (share 0.14)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Dominant industry","url":"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-il","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47440,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Top employer: UPS Chicago Area Consolidated Hub (3000 employees)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Top employer","url":"https://www.ups.com/us/en/about","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47439,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Mount Sinai Hospital Chicago (3500 employees)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Top employer","url":"https://www.sinai.org/about","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47438,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Top employer: University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (8000 employees)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Top employer","url":"https://hospital.uillinois.edu/about-ui-health","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47437,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Cook County Government (23000 employees)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Top employer","url":"https://www.cookcountyil.gov/about","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47436,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Chicago Public Schools (38000 employees)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Top employer","url":"https://www.cps.edu/about/","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":47435,"text":"[constituency_baseline] District summary: Illinois's 4th Congressional District encompasses heavily Latino portions of southwestern Chicago and western Cook County suburbs. It is a majority-minority, solidly Democratic district (Cook PVI D+42) with a population of approximately 730,000. Hispanics are the largest demographic group at 66.3%, followed by White residents at 23.4%. The district has a median household income of $75,931 — well above the national median — yet faces significant challenges: poverty rate of 10.8%, unemployment of 6.8%, and homeownership at 63.1%. Only 24.7% hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 33.7% national average, and 23.7% of residents lack a high school diploma. 31.5% of residents are foreign-born. Median age is 36.9. The economy centers on healthcare, education, logistics, and service industries, with major employers in hospitals, public schools, and transportation. The district is transit-dependent (10% public transit usage, 30.9-minute mean commute). Immigration policy, education access, healthcare affordability, and economic opportunity dominate constituent concerns.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":null}],"connections":[{"id":18464,"relationshipType":"colleague","description":"Both are U.S. House Democrats from Illinois; both serve overlapping constituencies in Chicago area.","confidence":"inferential","firstDocumented":"2023","lastDocumented":null,"other":{"id":10915,"name":"Delia C. 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