Office & Ties

Illinois · U.S. House

Patty García

U.S. House · Democratic

Open seat

Election-pack status: yes. Report date 2026-11-05.

Financial snapshot

Won the open IL-4 seat. Outside groups spent ~$0.00M against vs ~$0.00M for (FEC Sch. E est., primary+general); raised $0.53M, 47.1% from individuals

Election

Date
2026-11-03
Votes
107,469 (70.9%)
Opponent
Lupe Castillo (R) · 24,669 (16.3%)
Previous officeholder
Jesús "Chuy" García (D), retired; open seat

Money reported in the file

Raised
$526,691
Cash on hand
$156,711 as of 2026-10-14
Individual share
47.1%
PAC share
52.9%
Self loans or contributions
$0
Outside spending for
$10.00
Outside spending against
$0
Committee
C00925495
Coverage note
FEC itemized 2025-10-01 to 2026-10-14 (principal committee); IE through 2026-11-02

Reported monetary figures come from the linked Federal Election Commission records for serving profiles. Outside-spending fields remain blank in this roster pass. Election results are unofficial until certification. 54 reported ties and 4 inferred ties are listed below.

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Documented ties (58)

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Relationship Amount Date Evidence Between Record Orbit
principal campaign committee — 2025-2026 Reported Patty García → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
elected Nov 3, 2026 (unofficial) $107,469 2026-11-03 Reported Patty García → U.S. House, IL-4 News report
general-election opponent (defeated) $24,669 2026-11-03 Reported Patty García → Lupe Castillo News report
PAC contribution (Labor union); 2 item(s) $10,000 20251231..20261013 Reported Laborers' International Union of North America (Liuna) PAC (C00007922) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 2 item(s) $10,000 20260313..20260902 Reported Ua Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC (United Association of Journeymen and (C00012476) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 2 item(s) $10,000 20251204..20260527 Reported Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters an (C00001016) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 2 item(s) $10,000 20251231..20260210 Reported Amalgamated Transit Union - Cope (C00032995) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 2 item(s) $10,000 20251231..20251231 Reported Transformative Change PAC (C00690669) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 2 item(s) $9,000 20260223..20260622 Reported International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers P (C00007542) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Membership organization); 3 item(s) $8,500 20260317..20260928 Reported American Association for Justice Political Action Committee (AAJ PAC) (C00024521) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 3 item(s) $8,000 20251231..20261013 Reported Illinois Corn Growers Association Political Involvement Fund-Federal (C00376590) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 3 item(s) $7,500 20251231..20260902 Reported International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 Political Action Committee (C00142851) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 2 item(s) $6,000 20251209..20260225 Reported Smart Td PAC (C00001636) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 2 item(s) $5,000 20260223..20261013 Reported Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (C70004908) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 1 item(s) $5,000 20261001..20261001 Reported Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PAC (C00617803) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260924..20260924 Reported American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E (C00011114) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260812..20260812 Reported Bold Democrats (C00948224) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260804..20260804 Reported Elect Democratic Women (C00685297) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Other PAC (not in FEC master file)); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260930..20260930 Reported Medicare for All PAC (Mapac) (C00649335) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Membership organization); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260813..20260813 Reported National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee (C00030718) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Business / trade / professional); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260616..20260616 Reported America's Credit Unions PAC (C00007880) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Membership organization); 2 item(s) $5,000 20251231..20260502 Reported American Optometric Association Political Action Committee (C00024968) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Other PAC (not in FEC master file)); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260519..20260519 Reported Intl Assn of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (C70000435) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260617..20260617 Reported UAW - V - Cap (UAW Voluntary Community Action Program) 'Int'L Union United Autom (C00002840) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260306..20260306 Reported SEIU Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Educatio (C00004036) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260314..20260314 Reported Unite Here Tip Campaign Committee (C00004861) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $5,000 20251231..20251231 Reported Air Line Pilots Association PAC (C00035451) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $5,000 20251231..20251231 Reported Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen Political Action Committee (C00011262) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 2 item(s) $5,000 20251231..20251231 Reported D.R.I.V.E. - Dem, Rep, Ind Voter Ed (The PAC of the Int'L Brhd of Teamsters) (C00032979) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Business / trade / professional); 1 item(s) $5,000 20251231..20251231 Reported Health Care Service Corporation Employees' Political Action Committee (C00199711) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $5,000 20251231..20251231 Reported Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Mac (C00002469) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $4,000 20260930..20260930 Reported NEA Fund for Children and Public Education (C00003251) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 2 item(s) $3,500 20260331..20260930 Reported Political Action Committee of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Emp (C00344325) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 2 item(s) $3,000 20260331..20260930 Reported Silicorn Valley PAC (C00840462) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $3,000 20260314..20260314 Reported National Nurses United PAC - A Fund for A Healthy America (C00446237) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Membership organization); 2 item(s) $2,500 20260922..20260925 Reported League of Conservation Voters Action Fund (C00252940) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Business / trade / professional); 1 item(s) $2,500 20260928..20260928 Reported American Bankers Association PAC (Bankpac) (C00004275) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $2,500 20260516..20260516 Reported National Elevator Constructors PAC/ Intn'L Union of Elevator Constructors (Nec (C00383950) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $2,500 20260309..20260309 Reported Int'L Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (C00027359) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $2,500 20260313..20260313 Reported International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee (C00027342) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Business / trade / professional); 1 item(s) $2,500 20260313..20260313 Reported National Beer Wholesalers Association Political Action Committee (C00144766) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $2,500 20251231..20251231 Reported International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Political Action Together Poli (C00000885) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
PAC contribution (Business / trade / professional); 1 item(s) $2,500 20260223..20260223 Reported American Council of Engineering Companies (Acec/PAC) (C00010868) → Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC e-filed Sch. E, deduped) $10.00 2026-09-10..2026-09-10 Reported Sierra Club Independent Action (C00483693) → Patty García Public filing
disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) $82,683 2025-10-01..2026-10-14 Reported Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) → Intuit, Inc Public filing
disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) $60,357 2025-10-01..2026-10-14 Reported Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) → Nuckels Media Partners, Inc. Public filing
disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) $46,068 2025-10-01..2026-10-14 Reported Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) → Nineteen Sixty Campaigns, LLC Public filing
disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) $43,890 2025-10-01..2026-10-14 Reported Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) → HM Consulting Public filing
disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) $17,950 2025-10-01..2026-10-14 Reported Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) → Brighton Park Properties, LLC Public filing
disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) $15,000 2025-10-01..2026-10-14 Reported Patty Garcia for Congress (C00925495) → Kait Sweeney Consulting Public filing
26 PAC donors in common (2025-26); those PACs gave Patty García $103,526 $103,526 2025-26 Inferred Patty García → La Shawn Ford Public filing
30 PAC donors in common (2025-26); those PACs gave Patty García $117,500 $117,500 2025-26 Inferred Patty García → Melissa Bean Public filing
41 PAC donors in common (2025-26); those PACs gave Patty García $143,526 $143,526 2025-26 Inferred Patty García → Daniel Biss Public filing
7 PAC donors in common (2025-26); those PACs gave Patty García $35,000 $35,000 2025-26 Inferred Patty García → J. D. Ford Public filing
former employer (chief of staff, 2023–Oct 2025); predecessor in seat — 2019-2025 Reported Jesús "Chuy" García → Patty García Wikipedia
ethics complaint naming her and Rep. García staff (alleged) — 2026-07 Reported Mayra Macías (I) → Patty García News report
independent expenditures supporting rival (general) $261,820 2026-08..2026-09 Reported Independent PAC → Chris Getty (I) Public record
general-election opponent (14,118 votes) $14,118 2026-11-03 Reported Chris Getty (I) → Patty García News report

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