Richard Gonzalez
Richard Gonzalez (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 4th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 20, 2018.
Click here to learn more about the March 20, 2018, Democratic Party primary.
Biography
As of his 2018 run for Congress, Gonzalez worked in law enforcement and served as the president of the Metropolitan Housing and Development Corporation, an affordable housing development nonprofit.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Illinois District 4
Jesus Garcia defeated Mark Wayne Lorch in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 4 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jesus Garcia (D) | 86.6 | 143,895 |
 | Mark Wayne Lorch (R) | 13.4 | 22,294 | |
| Total votes: 166,189 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 4
Jesus Garcia defeated Sol Flores and Richard Gonzalez in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 4 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jesus Garcia | 66.2 | 49,631 |
 | Sol Flores | 21.9 | 16,398 | |
 | Richard Gonzalez | 11.9 | 8,921 | |
| Total votes: 74,950 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (D)
- Raymond Lopez (D)
- Neli Vazquez Rowland (D)
- Joe Moreno (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 4
Mark Wayne Lorch advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 4 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Wayne Lorch | 100.0 | 5,805 |
| Total votes: 5,805 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ann Melichar (R)
- Jay Reyes (R)
- Ruben Sanchez, Jr. (R)
Polls
2018
| Illinois' 3rd Congressional District election, Democratic primary | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Garcia | Moreno | Flores | Other | Undecided | Margin of Error | Sample Size | ||||||||||||
| Garin-Hart-Yang for the Garcia campaign January 18-21, 2018 | 59% | 8% | 6% | 8% | 19% | +/-5.0 | 400 | ||||||||||||
| Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org | |||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois' 3rd Congressional District election, Democratic primary | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Flores | Garcia | Gonzalez | Moreno | Lopez | Ramirez-Rosa | Not sure | Margin of Error | Sample Size | ||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling December 13-14, 2017 | 3% | 53% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 7% | 27% | +/-4.8 | 412 | ||||||||||
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Debates and forums
2018
Sol Flores, Chuy Garcia, and Richard Gonzalez participated in a Democratic primary candidate forum hosted by the Indivisible West Suburban Action League on February 15, 2018. The forum included discussion of labor issues, firearms policy, and suburban representation. Click here for coverage of this forum.[2]
Campaign finance
2018
The table below contains data from FEC Quarterly January 2018 reports. It includes only candidates who have reported at least $10,000 in campaign contributions as of December 31, 2017.[3]
Democrats
Recent news
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Illinois' 4th Congressional District election, 2018
- Illinois' 4th Congressional District
Footnotes
- ↑ Richard for Congress, "About Richard Gonzalez," accessed March 19, 2018
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedindivisibleforum - ↑ FEC, "Federal Election Commission", accessed February 13, 2018
