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2026 Illinois District 4 House Election

Chuy García (D) — retiring

About this race

The current officeholder is retiring, so the seat will have a new winner. This is one of the most strongly Democratic districts in the country. Nobody in this race has donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group, according to available records. The November ballot lists 4 candidates: one Democrat, one Republican and two independent.

Key issues in Illinois

Major issues facing Illinois, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.

Candidates & funding

Patty Garcia Democrat Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
2026 fundraising (FEC)$358,667 raised · $173,168 spent · $185,499 cash on hand through Jun 30, 2026
Campaign site ↗

Lupe Castillo Republican Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
Focus: Pro-family values, working class agenda, support law enforcement, cut spending, secure borders
Campaign site ↗

Chris Getty Independent Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
2026 fundraising (FEC)$188,170 raised · $56,523 spent · $131,647 cash on hand through Jun 30, 2026
Focus: Fighting for the community: cost of living, immigration, public safety, government accountability
Campaign site ↗
View the full funding breakdown for this race on OpenSecrets ↗

Where the money comes from

FEC campaign finance data through Jun 30, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.

Patty Garcia DLupe Castillo REd Hershey IChris Getty I
Raised$359K——$188K
Individuals$178K50%——$188K100%
PACs & parties$173K48%——$0
Self-funded$0——$0
Other$8K2%——$0
AIPAC-linked*————
Outside spending†————

* AIPAC-linked money is already counted in the rows above — it flags the pro-Israel share, not extra money.

† Independent spending on ads for or against a candidate. It never goes to their campaign.

“Individuals” covers both small-dollar (under $200) and large donors.

Who are the biggest donors?

Every donor ranked by how much they gave, from the candidate’s own FEC filings — individuals, PACs, and party committees all in one list. Expand a candidate to see theirs, then tap any name to learn more about the donor.

Why are so many gifts exactly $10,000? That’s the legal maximum a PAC can give one candidate for the whole cycle — $5,000 for the primary plus $5,000 for the general — so many PACs give the max. Individuals can give up to $3,500 per election.

Patty Garcia 230 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$359K
Campaign spent$173K
Cash on hand$185K
FEC 2026 through 06/30/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals50%
PACs / committees48%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Leadership PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Individual$7K
  • Labor PAC$6K
  • Individual$5K
  • Individual$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Membership PAC$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Trade association PAC$5K
  • Trade association PAC$5K
  • Membership PAC$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$3K
  • Individual$3K
  • Labor PAC$3K
  • PAC$3K
  • Individual$3K
  • Individual$2K
  • Individual$2K
  • Labor PAC$2K
  • Labor PAC$2K
  • Labor PAC$2K
  • Labor PAC$2K
  • Labor PAC$2K
  • Trade association PAC$2K
  • Labor PAC$2K
  • Individual$2K
  • Individual$2K
  • Individual$2K
  • Candidate committee$2K
  • Candidate committee$2K
  • Leadership PAC$2K
  • Leadership PAC$2K
  • Individual$2K

Showing the 50 biggest of 230 donors. The other 180 gave $99K combined.

Plus $27K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See Patty Garcia’s full FEC filings →

Chris Getty 142 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$188K
Campaign spent$57K
Cash on hand$132K
FEC 2026 through 06/30/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals100%
PACs / committees0%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
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  • Individual$4K
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  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$3K
  • Individual$3K
  • Individual$3K
  • Individual$2K
  • Individual$2K
  • Individual$2K
  • Individual$2K
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  • Individual$2K
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  • Individual$2K
  • Individual$1K
  • Individual$1K
  • Individual$1K
  • Individual$1K
  • Individual$1K
  • Individual$1K
  • Individual$1K
  • Individual$1K
  • Individual$1K
  • Individual$1K

Showing the 50 biggest of 142 donors. The other 92 gave $48K combined.

Plus $12K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See Chris Getty’s full FEC filings →

These figures come from the candidate’s own itemized FEC reports (2026 cycle, through the coverage date above), with amendments applied and refunds netted. Joint fundraising transfers are left out of the ranking: they’re pass-throughs, and the individual donations behind them are listed above. Bank interest, vendor refunds, and other non-donation receipts are excluded. Donor names are as reported — the same person can appear twice if their name was recorded differently. Independent spending on ads is never included here — see the Outside spending column.

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