In Illinois, 'Chuy' Garcia out to early lead in race to replace US Rep. Luis Gutierrez
by Bill Ruthhart and Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune
Mar 21, 2018
3 minutes
CHICAGO_Jesus "Chuy" Garcia took a commanding early lead Tuesday night in the Democratic primary for Illinois' lone Latino-majority congressional seat as he seeks to replace the retiring U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez.
Garcia, who has served as a Cook County commissioner on the Southwest Side for the past seven years, had collected 67 percent of the vote compared with 21 percent for Logan Square nonprofit executive Sol Flores with 75 percent
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