Chuy García
✓ Source-basedrisingMexican-born American politician (born 1956)
Jesús G. 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.
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García with his family
García in 2015
García at a Bernie Sanders rally in Los Angeles, California, May 2016
García's 2023 mayoral campaign logo
García (right) speaking during mayoral forum at University of Illinois Chicago, sitting beside opponents Paul Vallas and Lori Lightfoot
García at a congressional campaign rally in South Lawndale, Chicago, February 2018
Garcia speaks against Trump's border emergency declaration, 2019In their own words 7
To learn what makes us go, there’s no place you wouldn’t go, from the beaches of San Juan to the mountains of Mexico. And now that you’ve gone, we, the people, vow to stay strong.
1987, about Harold Washington
We have something to say to all those big corporations and special interests who spent all those millions to install their own mayor: We want change!
Interview with Democracy Now (2015)
I’m running for mayor of the city of Chicago because Chicago needs to go in a different direction.
Interview with Democracy Now (2015)
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Jesús G. "Chuy" García 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.
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