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Jesús G. "Chuy" García

Jesús G. "Chuy" García

DDemocratIL-4 · Representative
54
/ 100
Average
Attendance97
Avg: 96
Independence3
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone7
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency51
Avg: 57

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

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Jesús G. "Chuy" García

Jesús G. "Chuy" García

DemocratIL-4 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.438)
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Jesús G. "Chuy" García is a Democrat Representative from IL, District 4. He has served 7 years in Congress across 4 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as liberal, voting with his party 96.7% of the time. This member has 1 misconduct entry in our database.

7
Years in Office
4
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

96.7%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
18 votes against party
2.7%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
3
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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1
Misconduct Entriesⓘ

How Jesús Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+0.8% vs avg
96.7%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes-0.9% vs avg
2.7%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored-10.0 vs avg
3
Avg: 13.0

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureHouse Committee on the Judiciary

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31

$45,860
Cash on Handⓘ
$375,306
Total Receiptsⓘ
$365,281
Disbursementsⓘ
$193,812
Individual Donors
$155,800
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2019–2027House · IL-4 · DemocratCurrent

District Demographics

IL-4 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

733,798
Population
$72,717
Median Income
36.0
Median Age
24.0%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 37.3%Black 4.9%Hispanic 65.9%Asian 4.4%