Overview
- Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez used a privileged resolution to accuse Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García of “election subversion” for withdrawing just before Illinois’ filing deadline.
- House Democratic leaders opposed the measure and tried to quash it, but the motion to table failed and the resolution moved forward for debate and a likely vote.
- García’s chief of staff, Patty García, filed petitions just ahead of the deadline, leaving her as the only Democrat on the primary ballot in the heavily Democratic IL-4 district.
- García and his office say he followed state law and made a personal decision driven by health and family needs, including his wife’s MS and newly formalized grandchild custody.
- Centrist Democrats such as Jared Golden sided with Perez on advancing the measure, while progressives defended García and, according to Axios, discussed potential retaliation against Perez.