Democratic
Nikki Budzinski
Incumbent representative for IL-13. Voting record, ideology and biography →
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Illinois District 13 election, 2026
Nikki Budzinski vs. Jeff Wilson. Today's article: every forecast for this race →
VotePredictor forecast
Nikki Budzinski favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+22.0
99%
chance to win
2024 presidential margin
D+10.02026 national environment
D+8.0District polls
noneForecast spread
±7.2 pointsMargin from the district's presidential lean on its 2026 lines, one fitted intercept and the national environment as a uniform swing; the win probability adds a decaying incumbency premium (Democratic incumbent running). No district poll is blended in.
Republican
Jeff Wilson
Major-party general-election nominee.
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for IL-13. The forecast above is the model alone: lean, incumbency and the national environment.
Campaign money
FEC reports through October 14, 2026Nikki BudzinskiDEM · incumbent$3.7M raised
Spent $2.5MCash on hand $3.0M4% from donors under $200
Top contributors, industries and states
Contributors
Industries
- Unemployed$513k
- Legal & Professional Services$186k
- Self-Employed & Freelance$175k
- Finance, Insurance & Real Estate$141k
- Nonprofit, Labor & Civil Society$84k
States
- IL$1.0M
- NY$151k
- DC$103k
- MA$101k
- CA$98k
Jeff WilsonREP$532k raised
Spent $484kCash on hand $48kDebts $251k14% from donors under $200Self-funded $339k
Top contributors, industries and states
Contributors
Industries
- Retired$54k
- Self-Employed & Freelance$15k
- Energy, Utilities & Mining$6k
- Finance, Insurance & Real Estate$6k
- Wholesale & Distribution$4k
States
- IL$70k
- FL$11k
- TX$9k
- NJ$6k
- OR$4k
What each candidate's own campaign committees reported for the 2025–26 cycle; outside spending by PACs and parties is not included. Industries are classified from donors' reported employers. The House forecast's win probability reads the two nominees' shares of individual contributions shown here, a small term that never moves the predicted margin. Data: GovMoneyGraph, based on FEC records.
Other forecasts
We have not yet ingested a district rating from these independent forecasters for IL-13; links go to their current national House ratings. Missing is shown as missing—not converted into a probability.
Past results
Every election in Illinois's 13th district we hold a result for. District numbers are reused across redistricting, so older rows may cover different ground than the seat does today.
YearWinnerMargin
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