Patty Garcia

• ✓SupportsRaise the minimum wage

  Says she would work to raise the federal minimum wage.[1]

• ✕OpposesExpand immigration enforcement and deportations

  Supports a pathway to citizenship and restructuring immigration enforcement agencies, including abolishing ICE, rather than expanding enforcement.[1]

  “supports a pathway to citizenship, protections for Dreamers and mixed-status families, expanded legal services for immigrants, and stronger oversight and accountability for federal immigration agencies. She also supports fundamentally restructuring immigration enforcement agencies, including abolishing ICE.”

• ✓SupportsStronger rent regulation and tenant protections

  Says she has worked helping tenants and homeowners navigate rising costs and displacement.[1]

• Campaign website says she has built coalitions "standing with immigrant families facing detention and deportation, helping tenants and homeowners navigate rising costs and displacement, and working with labor and community partners."[1]
• On affordability, says she would work on raising the federal minimum wage, passing the PRO Act, expanding the Child Tax Credit, reducing prescription drug costs, and building more affordable homes.[1]
• On immigration, her campaign website says she supports a pathway to citizenship, protections for Dreamers and mixed-status families, and restructuring immigration enforcement agencies, including abolishing ICE.[1]

• Earned bachelor's degrees in political science and speech communication, an M.A. in educational policy studies, and a Ph.D. in educational policy studies, all from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[1]
• Served as U.S. Rep. Jesus Garcia's district director and later his chief of staff.[1]

Raised $359K · spent $173K · $185K cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗