Jesús “Chuy” García won the Democratic primary for Illinois’ 4th Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating two more moderate candidates and giving the party’s progressive wing a boost. He praised Garcia’s “long-term, true progressive history.”García, 61, is due to succeed Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D), who announced his retirement in December. “There has been a constant struggle in Chicago between the machine Latinos and the progressive Latinos,” Simpson, a former Chicago alderman, said. But concluding that he was unable to mount a serious bid against García, Ramirez-Rosa withdrew from the race in January and endorsed him. But Flores lacked the formidable political organization that García could mobilize, and her ties to Emanuel motivated some progressive activists to turn out against her.

Source: Huffington Post March 21, 2018 01:35 UTC