CHICAGO - U.S. Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia will not run for reelection next year to his seat in Congress representing parts of Chicago’s Southwest Side and near western suburbs, a source confirmed to Fox 32 on Monday.

What we know:

The surprise move comes on the last day for candidates to file paperwork in Illinois to run in the 2026 midterm elections.

Garcia, a longtime progressive voice in the Democratic Party, was first elected to Congress in the 2018 midterms.

Before that, he was a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and in 2015 challenged then-incumbent Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, forcing him into a runoff election.

In his place, Garcia’s chief of staff, Patty Garcia, filed to run in the 4th Congressional District as a Democrat.

Lupe Castillo, of Chicago, also file

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