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Nikki Budzinski

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Nikki Budzinski is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House in IL-13 in the 2026 election and the incumbent.

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)

Nikki Budzinski — Headshot
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Nikki Budzinski — Photo
Photo · budzinski.house.gov
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Photo · budzinski.house.gov
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Photo · U.S. House of Representatives · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Nikki Budzinski — Illustration · Vugol.me
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  • 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 2026-10-16 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Budzinski

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Campaign finance

$3,527,069total raised (2026 cycle)
$2,407,273total spent (2026 cycle)
$2,904,528cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-09-30 · Source: FEC

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Campaign contact: field@nikkiforcongress.com · source

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  • Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
  • Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-16 — 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://budzinski.house.gov
  • photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rep_Nikki_Budzinski,_119th_Congress_(cropped).jpg
  • photo_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/
  • photo_gallery — https://budzinski.house.gov/press
  • photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nikki_Budzinski_118th_Congress.jpg

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