Representative · Illinois's 4th district

Jesús G. "Chuy" García

Jesús G. "Chuy" García is a Democratic representative for Illinois's 4th district, in Congress since 2019. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 14, and cast 464 of 466 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2019
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	2.1%14 of 675 · rank 197 of 439	100%464 of 466 · rank 51 of 439	90 became law	6%35 of 584
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	8.9%109 of 1,222 · rank 39 of 442	99%762 of 770 · rank 112 of 442	110 became law	7%45 of 618
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	1.2%12 of 997 · rank 192 of 443	100%570 of 570 · rank 1 of 443	240 became law	2%15 of 704

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.44+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Yea
May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
H.R. 27: HALT Fentanyl ActNay
Feb 6, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 182–226· Against party
H.R. 4639: Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale ActYea
Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
H.Res. 1102: Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882, with an amendment.Nay
Mar 22, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 286–134· Against party
H.R. 4665: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
Sep 28, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 195–236· Against party
H.R. 4365: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
Sep 27, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 203–231· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72· Against party
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Illinois's 4th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $146.1M
Per resident: $201
Rank in Illinois: 13 of 17
Contract actions: 3,837; New awards: 3,089

By fiscal year

205.2MFY2017
191.3MFY2018
215MFY2019
255.5MFY2020
208.7MFY2021
197.8MFY2022
162.8MFY2023
190.1MFY2024
166.9MFY2025
146.1MFY2026

Top buyers

Agricultural Marketing Service$109.7M75%
Department of Agriculture
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$6.5M4.4%
Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$6.4M4.4%
Department of Labor
Department of the Army$3.9M2.7%
Department of Defense
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$3.4M2.3%
Department of Homeland Security
Defense Logistics Agency$2.7M1.9%
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs$2M1.4%
Federal Aviation Administration$1.7M1.2%
Department of Transportation

Top recipients

CHERRY MEAT PACKERS, INC$69M47%
13 awards
OLGA H BARRIOS$21.2M14%
13 awards
JOHN HOFMEISTER & SON INC$15.6M11%
15 awards
FEDERAL SPECIALIZED SERVICES, LLC$6.5M4.4%
1 award
ALEUT-ODLE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT JV 2, LLC$6.4M4.4%
1 award
BURHANI ENTERPRISES INC$3.9M2.6%
997 awards
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.$3.4M2.3%
1 award
CHICAGO MEAT AUTHORITY INC$2.7M1.9%
2 awards
CHICAGO AMERICAN MANUFACTURING LLC$2.6M1.8%
15 awards
SHARMA & ASSOCIATES INC$1.2M0.9%
22 awards

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $376K; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $28.3K
From committees: $140K; 59 committees
From contractor PACs: $14.5K; 10 PACs · 10% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
international union of painters and allied tradesinternational union of painters and allied trades political action together political committee	$3,000	INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADESAI match · 99% · the same organization	—
health care service corporationhealth care service corporation employees' political action committee	$2,500	HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION, A MUTUAL LEGAL RESERVE COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization	$16M
comcast corporationcomcast corporation & nbcuniversal political action committee - federal	$2,000	COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$453.1K
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)	$1,000	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)	$1,000	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$0
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac	$1,000	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$5,280
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac	$1,000	NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$1.1B
at&t inc.at&t inc. employee federal political action committee (at&t employee federal pac)	$1,000	AT&T CORP.,AI match · 100% · of one corporate family	-$3,412
tyson foods inc.tyson foods inc political action committee (typac)	$1,000	TYSON FOODS INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$226.3M
the northwestern mutual life insurance companythe northwestern mutual life insurance company political action committee (nmpac)	$1,000	NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO, THEAI match · 100% · the same organization	—

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$376K	$140K	$14.5K10 PACs · 10% of committee money
2024	$863K	$405.6K	$28K12 PACs · 7% of committee money
2022	$939K	$445.6K	$67.5K22 PACs · 15% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · Illinois's 4th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Illinois's 4th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Illinois's 4th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Illinois's 4th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: chuygarcia.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-8203
Office: 2334 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.