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U.S. Representative · IL · District 4

Jesús G. "Chuy" García

DemocratTerm through January 2027

Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle

4% of the money García raised came from small donors.

More grassroots-funded than 40% of the House.

García raised $863K across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $36K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.

4%from small donors
Small donors
4%$0.0M
Large donors
40%$0.3M
Bundled
0%$0.0M
PACs
49%$0.4M
Other
7%$0.1M

Against the house

How García compares to the typical member.

Small-donor share
4%vs 5% house median
PAC share
49%vs 37% house median

Who has a stake in García

The organizations behind the money.

García's largest organized backing comes from Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.

Money organized for García

Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners

$10K

The Carpenters union's political committee, representing carpentry and construction trades.

Who it funds, across Congress

85% Democrats · 13% Republicans · $1.8M to 216 members

Transport Workers Union Political Contributions Committee$10K

Who it funds, across Congress

90% Democrats · 10% Republicans · $969K to 171 members

Seiu Cope$10K

SEIU COPE, the political fund of the Service Employees International Union, representing health-care, janitorial, and public-service workers.

Who it funds, across Congress

99% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $1.6M to 202 members

Outside spending, by party

Spent $2.0M to elect Democrats; $634K to defeat Republicans.

Brotherhood Of Railroad Signalmen PAC$10K

Who it funds, across Congress

80% Democrats · 20% Republicans · $153K to 37 members

Machinists Non Partisan Political League Of The International Association Of Machinists &$10K

The political arm of the Machinists union (IAM), representing aerospace, airline, and manufacturing workers.

Who it funds, across Congress

98% Democrats · 1% Republicans · $2.0M to 230 members

The same money, by industry

Which industries have a stake.

The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind García's backing, not just the individual groups.

$182KLabor
$30KFinance
$25KTech
$15KHealth
$15KIdeological

Plus $75K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.

FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 103 organizations with a stake

About this data

FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2023–2024 cycle. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.

Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.

PAC figures are contributions to García's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.

84%want dark money disclosed

Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.

Where García stands