You likely already know that U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, D-Chicago, dropped out of his reelection race in a way that essentially handed his seat to his top aide.

After his doctor advised him not to run again because of his heart condition, and his spouse who has multiple sclerosis, which didn’t respond to her most recent treatment asked him not to run again as well, and the fact that they’d just adopted a grandchild of his late daughter, Garcia said he decided the Friday before the Monday petition filing deadline to drop out. He also claimed he decided the same day to back his chief of staff Patty Garcia to replace him on the ballot.

The literally last-minute petition filing meant that people who would’ve run if Garcia had announced his intent earlier were shut out of the race.

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