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Published: Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » Catching up with the congressionals tag. --> SUBSCRIBE to Capitol Fax Advertise Here About Exclusive Subscriber Content Updated Posts Contact Rich Miller CapitolFax.com To subscribe to Capitol Fax, click here. To inquire about advertising on CapitolFax.com, click here. Catching up with the congressionals Tuesday, May 26, 2026 - Posted by Isabel Miller * Sun-Times … At least five candidates are hoping to spoil efforts by Rep. Jesus “Chuy” García’s hand-picked successor to win a congressional seat this November. The deadline is May 26 for independent candidates to file at least 10,816 valid petition signatures with the Illinois State Board of Elections. That hefty number is required in Illinois for independent bids — and the state is seeing

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Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar &raquo; Catching up with the congressionals tag. --> SUBSCRIBE to Capitol Fax Advertise Here About Exclusive Subscriber Content Updated Posts Contact Rich Miller CapitolFax.com To subscribe to Capitol Fax, click here. To inquire about advertising on CapitolFax.com, click here. Catching up with the congressionals Tuesday, May 26, 2026 - Posted by Isabel Miller * Sun-Times … At least five candidates are hoping to spoil efforts by Rep. Jesus “Chuy” García’s hand-picked successor to win a congressional seat this November. The deadline is May 26 for independent candidates to file at least 10,816 valid petition signatures with the Illinois State Board of Elections. That hefty number is required in Illinois for independent bids — and the state is seeing plenty of challengers who say García’s last-minute decision to help his chief of staff get on the ballot as the Democratic nominee for the 4th Congressional District was a key factor in efforts to enter the race. The congressman said his health factored into the decision. For her part, Patty García — no relation to the congressman — has been running full steam since the fall and has picked up the support of established Democrats, like the backing of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Democratic Senate candidate Juliana Stratton and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. She also has the support of labor unions, including the Chicago Federation of Labor and the Illinois AFL-CIO. […] “I’ve been knocking on doors since November. I’ve yet to hear from a single person about the process, or about anything like that,” Patty García said. “The only thing that I hear from people is struggling to pay for rent, struggling to pay for medicine, afraid about immigration coming back. And the main question that I get, I’ll be honest, the question that I get is, ‘Are you a Democrat?’ Yes. ‘Alright. That’s all I need to know.” * Lindsay Church, a veteran who runs a nonprofit serving minority veterans, has dropped out of the race … During this campaign, my health caught up with me. The battery for my spinal cord stimulator shifted out of place while I was collecting petitions; I need yet another surgery and time to recover. There’s heartbreak in that, but there’s also clarity. Service doesn’t end because a campaign does. […] This Memorial Day, I leave this race grateful for every volunteer who stood in the cold collecting signatures, of every voter who stopped to talk, and knowing that people across the district I call home believe democracy is worth fighting for. The campaign ends here. My service does not. * Church has endorsed fellow Independent Mayra Macìas. Press release… Mayra Macías today was endorsed by her former fellow candidate, Lindsay Church, a day after Church dropped out of the race. The endorsement is part of a growing independent movement to build a united front against anti-democratic corruption in Chicago and provide an alternative to the handpicked, un

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