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Nikki Budzinski

Democrat · IL-13 · U.S. House

On the ballot in 2026

IL-13 — U.S. House

Safe D 99%

Nikki Budzinski is on the ballot. Nikki Budzinski vs. Jeff Wilson.

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Bio

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.

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Record of service

In office
3.7 years
First took office
2023 (2 terms)
Seniority
315 of 439 by time served
Age
49
District offices
  • Champaign, IL · 217-305-6991
  • Decatur, IL · 217-859-5313
  • Springfield, IL · 217-814-2880
  • Collinsville, IL · 618-212-7333
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Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.

Reported net worth

2021
$1.1M
2022
$642k
2023
$460k
2024
$577k
2025
$708k
Most recent filing (2025)
Assets
$479k – $1.7M
Liabilities
$250k – $500k
Net worth
−$21k – $1.4M
Since 2021
−$397k
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 46 assets reported
Traditional IRA-1 ⇒ American Funds Investment Co of America A (AIVSX)$50k – $100k
Traditional IRA-1 ⇒ Washington Mutual Invs Fd Cl A Shs (AWSHX)$50k – $100k
JP Morgan Chase Bank Accounts$15k – $50k
United Food and Commercial Worker International Union Pension Plan$15k – $50k
Individual Single Account ⇒ Fundamental Investors, Class A Shares (ANCFX)$15k – $50k
Individual Single Account ⇒ JPMorgan Equity Income Fund A (OIEIX)$15k – $50k
Individual Single Account ⇒ JPMorgan Mid Cap Equity Fund Cl A (JCMAX)$15k – $50k
Individual Single Account ⇒ Washington Mutual Invs Fd Cl A Shs (AWSHX)$15k – $50k
Roth IRA-1 ⇒ American Funds Investment Co of America A (AIVSX)$15k – $50k
Roth IRA-1 ⇒ Fundamental Investors, Class A Shares (ANCFX)$15k – $50k
Roth IRA-1 ⇒ Washington Mutual Invs Fd Cl A Shs (AWSHX)$15k – $50k
Traditional IRA-1 ⇒ AMCAP Fund, Class A Shares A (AMCPX)$15k – $50k
Traditional IRA-1 ⇒ American Funds Capital World Growth & Income Fund Class A Shares (CWGI$15k – $50k
Traditional IRA-1 ⇒ American Funds New Economy Fund A (ANEFX)$15k – $50k
Traditional IRA-1 ⇒ Fundamental Investors, Class A Shares (ANCFX)$15k – $50k
Traditional IRA-1 ⇒ JP Morgan Mid Cap Value Fund-A Share Class (JAMCX)$15k – $50k
Traditional IRA-1 ⇒ JPMorgan Mid Cap Equity Fund Cl A (JCMAX)$15k – $50k
Traditional IRA-1 ⇒ JPMorgan Mid Cap Growth A (OSGIX)$15k – $50k
Traditional IRA-1 ⇒ JPMorgan U.S. Value Fund Class A (VGRIX)$15k – $50k
Traditional IRA-1 ⇒ The Income Fund of America, Class A Shares (AMECX)$15k – $50k
Traditional IRA-2 ⇒ AMCAP Fund, Class A Shares A (AMCPX)$15k – $50k
Traditional IRA-2 ⇒ American Balanced Fund, Class A Shs (ABALX)$15k – $50k
Traditional IRA-2 ⇒ American Funds Investment Co of America A (AIVSX)$15k – $50k
Traditional IRA-2 ⇒ American Funds New Economy Fund A (ANEFX)$15k – $50k
Traditional IRA-2 ⇒ JPMorgan Mid Cap Equity Fund Cl A (JCMAX)$15k – $50k
Traditional IRA-2 ⇒ Washington Mutual Invs Fd Cl A Shs (AWSHX)$15k – $50k
State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois$1k – $15k
Individual Single Account ⇒ American Balanced Fund, Class A Shs (ABALX)$1k – $15k
Individual Single Account ⇒ American Funds Capital World Growth & Income Fund Class A Shar$1k – $15k
Individual Single Account ⇒ American Funds New Economy Fund A (ANEFX)$1k – $15k
Individual Single Account ⇒ John Hancock Fundamental Large Cap Core Fund Class A (TAGRX)$1k – $15k
Individual Single Account ⇒ JPMorgan Large Cap Growth Fund A (OLGAX)$1k – $15k
Individual Single Account ⇒ JPMorgan Small Cap Blend Fund Class A (VSCOX)$1k – $15k
Individual Single Account ⇒ LAKE CNTY IL SCH DIST GO$1k – $15k
Individual Single Account ⇒ New Perspective Fund, Class A Shares (ANWPX)$1k – $15k
Individual Single Account ⇒ The Growth Fund of America Class A Shares (AGTHX)$1k – $15k
Roth IRA-1 ⇒ AMCAP Fund, Class A Shares A (AMCPX)$1k – $15k
Roth IRA-1 ⇒ American Funds Capital World Growth & Income Fund Class A Shares (CWGIX)$1k – $15k
Roth IRA-1 ⇒ American Funds SMALLCAP World A (SMCWX)$1k – $15k
Roth IRA-1 ⇒ Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund - Class A (ITHAX)$1k – $15k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
D+0.74
Healthcare
D+0.81
Immigration & Border
D+0.64
Guns
D+0.56
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+1.00
Environment & Energy
D+0.75
Crime & Policing
D+0.28
Defense & Veterans
D+0.11
Economy & Labor
D+0.43
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.12
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.69
Education
D+0.72
Government & Democracy
D+0.58
Judicial & Executive Nominations
D+0.51

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Nikki Budzinski's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

Democratic Party
94%
Green Party
85%
Democratic Socialists (DSA)
82%
Communist Party USA
80%
Libertarian Party
58%
Republican Party
39%

On the political map

Nikki Budzinski (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightBudzinski
Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Caucuses & committees

Where Budzinskisits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.

Caucuses

Committees

Most and least aligned members

Treating Budzinski's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Most aligned

Emilia Strong Sykes
D · OH-13 · House
+99%
Seth Magaziner
D · RI-2 · House
+99%
Gabe Vasquez
D · NM-2 · House
+98%
Brittany Pettersen
D · CO-7 · House
+98%
Andrea Salinas
D · OR-6 · House
+98%

Least aligned

Thomas Massie
R · KY-4 · House
−95%
Chip Roy
R · TX-21 · House
−94%
Lauren Boebert
R · CO-4 · House
−93%
Scott Perry
R · PA-10 · House
−93%
Warren Davidson
R · OH-8 · House
−92%

Recent notable votes

YEA
Retire through Ownership Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026
2026-09-16 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Government & Democracy
YEA
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026
2026-09-16 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Government & Democracy
YEA
Retire through Ownership Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
NAY
PROOF Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Taxes & Fiscal
NAY
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy
NAY
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 210) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 213) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education
YEA
Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Crime & Policing
YEA
GUARD Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Economy & Labor

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