Edward Hershey
Candidate for Illinois 4th Congressional District · Other party
On the 2026 ballotCandidate · Illinois 4th Congressional District · Nov 3 General
Ballot status source: Illinois State Board of Elections — Website Candidate List, General Election 11/3/2026, all candidates as of 9/24/2026: 4th Congress — 'Ed Hershey', Working Class Party, filed 11/3/2025 · read Sep 24, 2026
The District
What Illinois 4th Congressional District covers
Covers parts of Cook County and DuPage County.
Includes Chicago (part), Cicero (part), Hinsdale (part), Melrose Park, Berwyn, Northlake, Brookfield, Franklin Park (part), Oak Brook (part), Western Springs (part), La Grange, La Grange Park and 13 more.
362 precincts · District lines: Congressional lines: U.S. Census Bureau (1:500,000 cartographic boundary, 119th Congress) · Precinct lines: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, Boundaries - Ward Precincts (2023-2024) (data.cityofchicago.org 6piy-vbxa) for the City of Chicago; Cook County Clerk, Suburban Cook Election Precincts - Current (datacatalog.cookcountyil.gov k7sw-w3b8); DuPage County, Election_Precincts layer (gis.dupageco.org, current, retrieved 2026-09-24); U.S. Census Bureau 2020 VTDs elsewhere in Illinois; U.S. Census Bureau 2020 TIGER/Line VTDs where no official layer; Cook County 2020 elections: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 voting districts
Results
Certified results for Illinois 4th Congressional District
Representative in Congress, District 4
2024 General Election · Nov 5, 2024| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus "Chuy" GarciaDemocrat | Democrat | 139,343 | 67.5% |
| Lupe CastilloRepublican | Republican | 56,323 | 27.3% |
| Ed HersheyWorking Class Party | Working Class Party | 10,704 | 5.2% |
| Write-in | 73 | 0.0% | |
| Alicia Martinez | 26 | 0.0% |
Official vote — Illinois State Board of Elections (certified canvass, precinct vote totals by election authority) · Illinois State Board of Elections — Election Vote Totals by Precinct
Representative in Congress, District 4
2022 General Election · Nov 8, 2022| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus "chuy" GarciaDemocrat | Democrat | 91,036 | 68.4% |
| James FalakosRepublican | Republican | 37,352 | 28.1% |
| Edward HersheyWorking Class Party | Working Class Party | 4,605 | 3.5% |
| Alicia Martinez | 48 | 0.0% | |
| Write-in | 48 | 0.0% |
Official vote — Illinois State Board of Elections (certified canvass, precinct vote totals by election authority) · Illinois State Board of Elections — Election Vote Totals by Precinct
Representative in Congress, District 4
2020 General Election · Nov 3, 2020| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus "chuy" GarciaDemocrat | Democrat | 187,219 | 84.1% |
| Jesus SolorioRepublican | Republican | 35,518 | 15.9% |
Official vote — Illinois State Board of Elections (certified canvass, precinct vote totals by election authority) · Illinois State Board of Elections — Election Vote Totals by Precinct
Key Votes
The record
No public voting record
Holds no public office; prior U.S. House IL-04 candidacies (2022, 2024) did not result in office. Checked 2026-09-24.
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · GOTV Intel review of official candidate lists
Newest first. A close vote was decided by 5% of the votes cast or less (or 10 votes or fewer, under a fifth of the votes). Broke with party: voted against most of their party, where the record gives the party split.
Their Money
Campaign finance
- Last Change
- Profile updated · Sep 24
- Raised
- Not on file
- Cash on Hand
- Not on file
- Next Report Due
- Q3 Report · Oct 15
No totals on file from the reports listed below.
Finance Reports
Campaign committee registered; no periodic FEC report on file yet
Checked 2026-09-24: principal campaign committee C00814954 (candidate ID H2IL04178) has no periodic Form 3 report (quarterly or pre-/post-election) covering 2025–26 in the FEC electronic-filing list or the FEC image index, so no receipts, spending or cash on hand have been reported yet. A committee registered after June 30 files its first report with the October Quarterly (due Oct 15, 2026).
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Federal Election CommissionNo authorized campaign committee on file with the FEC for the 2026 cycle
Checked 2026-09-24: FEC bulk candidate-committee linkage (ccl26) and committee master (cm26), FEC-processed 2026-09-23, for candidate ID H2IL04178. No committee is linked for 2026, so there are no FEC receipts, expenditures or campaign contacts to record. The candidate record lists principal committee C00814954 from an earlier cycle; it is not registered in the 2026 committee master and the FEC docquery filings index shows no report covering 2025–26 (checked 2026-09-24). Committee registration is required only after $5,000 in contributions or expenditures (52 U.S.C. 30101(2)).
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Federal Election CommissionFinancial disclosure — no House filing on record
No record in system: no House financial disclosure report or threshold notice for Ed Hershey (IL-04) in the Clerk's 2025–2026 FD index files (generated 2026-09-23) or the Clerk's live search (last name 'Hershey', state IL, filing years 2025–2026, checked 2026-09-24).
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.
In Their Words
What they have said, on the record
“I think it's up to working class to push for what we need,”
“We are small, but we have been growing.”
“AI, like all technologies, can be a useful tool for humanity.”
“Corporations and the wealthy -- those that have money -- should bear the burden of taxes in this society.”
“Having a public system, rather than a system designed to shovel our money at the big insurance companies, would be a start.”
“Inflation and high prices for things like food, rent and utilities. Working people need to push the corporations to lower their prices. And we need to push to increase our own wages.”
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“To say that the working class needs its own party, its own organization.”
In the News
Press coverage
- 4th Congressional District independent candidates square offMay 6, 2026 · Press · Chronicle Media
Headlines link to the original reporting, captured on the date shown.
The 2026 Field
Who else is running for Illinois 4th Congressional District
- Lupe CastilloRepublican · On the 2026 ballot
- Patty GarciaDemocrat · On the 2026 ballot
- Christopher Roman GettyIndependent · On the 2026 ballot
The Paper Trail
Filings, results and exhibits
On the ballot: U.S. House, Illinois' 4th District — November 3, 2026 general election
Listed as "Hershey, Ed" (WORKING CLASS PARTY), 4TH CONGRESS, filed 11/3/2025, status Active, on the Illinois State Board of Elections candidate list for the GENERAL ELECTION - 11/3/2026. Checked 2026-09-24.
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Illinois State Board of Elections · sourceU.S. Representative · IL-04
Other party · Candidate · On the 2026 ballot
Sep 19, 2026 · Official · fec-cn26
Not on file for Edward yet: Advertising, Reach Them, Polls. Coverage varies by state and office.
File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_9frs7w8yy.
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