Nikki Budzinski

American politician (born 1977)

IncumbentU.S. House — IL-13DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-P2W-SZ2G FEC H2IL13153

Running for U.S. House, IL-13, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/nikki-budzinski

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Headshot · unitedstates.github.io

Nikki Budzinski — Photo — Photo · U.S. House of Representatives · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Nikki Budzinski — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain

Races

2026 · U.S. House, IL-13 · General · Democratic · on the ballot · incumbent
2024 · U.S. House, IL-13 · General · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent · source
2022 · U.S. House, IL-13 · General · Democratic · won · 141,788 votes (56.6%) · source

Background

Nicole Jai Budzinski is an American trade unionist and politician. She has served as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 13th congressional district since 2023, and is a member of the Democratic Party.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-26 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Budzinski

Campaign finance

$2,885,018total raised (2026 cycle)

$2,625,565cash on hand (2026 cycle)

$2,044,185total spent (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Campaign site

Campaign contact: field@nikkiforcongress.com · source

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Sources

Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-26 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Budzinski
Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H2IL13153/
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nikki_Budzinski_118th_Congress.jpg
photo_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/
photo_gallery — https://budzinski.house.gov/press
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rep_Nikki_Budzinski,_119th_Congress_(cropped).jpg
photo_gallery — https://budzinski.house.gov

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