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House moves forward with resolution condemning Democratic Rep. Chuy
Garcia for rCyelection subversionrCO
By Victor Nava
Published Nov. 17, 2025, 10:39 p.m. ET

House Democrats on Monday failed to block a rare disapproval resolution
rCo led by a member of their own caucus rCo accusing retiring Rep. Chuy
Garcia (D-Ill) of rCLelection subversionrCY over a scheme to hand-pick his successor.

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) introduced the resolution against
the Illinois congressman after he abruptly announced his retirement past
the filing deadline for primary candidates, which GarciarCOs chief of
staff met just in the nick of time.

GarciarCOs apparent dirty trick allows his aide, Patty Garcia (no
relation), to run unopposed in the Illinois 4th Congressional District Democratic primary.

In a 206-211 vote, an attempt to kill Gluesenkamp PerezrCOs resolution and avert an intraparty debate on the House floor failed.

Representative Jesus "Chuy" Garcia speaking at a podium with the US
Capitol in the background.
The disapproval resolution against Garcia will come up for a vote on
Tuesday.
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04:23

rCLI do not support the so-called resolution of disapproval, and I
strongly support Congressman Chuy Garcia,rCY House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said ahead of the vote. rCLHe has been a progressive
champion in disenfranchised communities for decades.rCY

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Two Democrats rCo Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and Gluesenkamp Perez rCo
voted with Republicans to move the resolution forward.

Garcia, who represents a deep-blue district in Chicago and had initially
filed to run for reelection, defended his tactic on the House floor.

rCLI wasnrCOt expecting to stand here to debate my retirement,rCY the 69-year-old lawmaker said, explaining that his wiferCOs battle with
multiple sclerosis and other family obligations made him reconsider
running at the last minute.

Garcia was adamant that he rCLfollowed the rules of Illinois and its
election law,rCY and said he was rCLshockedrCY to learn he was being called out by Gluesenkamp Perez.

rCLAs I looked ahead, I had to be honest about what the next term would
demand and what my family needed,rCY Garcia said of his decision to retire.

He argued rCLvoters donrCOt want these arguments in CongressrCY and rCLnone of us wants to spend the next year trading the disapproval resolutionsrCY
before describing the resolution as a rCLpolitical ploy.rCY

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez speaking at a news conference in the U.S. Capitol.
rCLNothing validates subverting an election,rCY Gluesenkamp Perez said in response to Democratic lawmakers defending Garcia.
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Gluesenkamp Perez, 37, triggered the vote on her resolution last week,
as the House voted on legislation to end the government shutdown,
surprising some Democrats.

rCLTrue love persists in a confidence, not in your supremacy in making a choice for your voters, but in your service and humility that they have
the right to choose,rCY she said on the House floor Monday.

rCLWhen we start making choices for people without their consent, we have walked away from the fundamentals of democracy,rCY Gluesenkamp Perez argued.

The Washington Democrat commended GarciarCOs rCLsacrificerCY but said it rCLdoes
not legitimize the way in which he left his seat rCo choosing his
successor and refusing to be forthright with his constituents.rCY

Several Democratic lawmakers spoke out in support of Garcia.

Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.), who serves on the House Judiciary Committee
with the congressman, called him a rCLman of principles and morals.rCY

rCLIt is so disheartening to see his name dragged through the mud,rCY Balint fumed.

rCLI want you to think of the totality of this manrCOs life rCa I urge my colleagues to keep this in mind,rCY she seethed, adding, rCLThis is not a game. This is a manrCOs life.rCY

Delia Ramirez (D-Ill) described the resolution as a rCLcheap political stunt,rCY and noted some Republicans were applauding Gluesenkamp PerezrCOs remarks on the House floor.

rCLNothing validates the choice to subvert an election,rCY Gluesenkamp Perez argued, rCLnot the trespasses of an administration, not the long and noble work of a public servant, not the valid and unknowable bitterness of a familyrCOs suffering, not fidelity to identity politics.

rCLNothing validates subverting an election.rCY

What do you think? Post a comment.

The congresswoman said the question lawmakers should ask themselves
before voting on her resolution is: rCLDo you have the right to choose
your successor?rCY

The House will vote on the disapproval resolution Tuesday.

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