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Nikki Budzinski

U.S. Representative, IL-13

Democratic Illinois since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Representative, IL-13 current
Illinois
Democratic Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-13
Illinois
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District IL-13
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.321, social dim. 0.422. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HRES 916 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair… Nay Dec 2, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 916 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair… Nay Dec 2, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4423 — No New Burma Funds Act Yea Dec 1, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5348 — Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025 Yea Dec 1, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 58 — Denouncing the horrors of socialism. Yea Nov 21, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1949 — Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025 Nay Nov 20, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3109 — REFINER Act Nay Nov 20, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 893 — Censuring Representative Cory Mills of Florida and removing him from the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Yea Nov 19, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6019 — To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other… Yea Nov 19, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4058 — Enhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for Preparedness Grants Act Yea Nov 19, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5107 — Common-Sense Law Enforcement and Accountability Now in DC Act of 2025 Nay Nov 19, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5214 — District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025 Nay Nov 19, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 888 — Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct… Nay Nov 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Nov 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 131 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Nay Nov 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 130 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Nay Nov 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 888 — Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct… Yea Nov 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 878 — Disapproving the behavior of Representative Jesús G. "Chuy" García of Illinois. Nay Nov 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 879 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 80) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Nay Nov 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 879 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 80) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Nay Nov 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4405 — Epstein Files Transparency Act Yea Nov 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 878 — Disapproving the behavior of Representative Jesús G. "Chuy" García of Illinois. Yea Nov 17, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2659 — Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act Yea Nov 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1608 — Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025 Yea Nov 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Nay Nov 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,018 recorded contributions totalling $4,374,983. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 386 of 1018 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Super PAC 18 $1,270,703 29%
Big donor 359 $1,086,604 25%
Corporate PAC 9 $116,653 3%
Unclassified 632 $1,901,023 43%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$562,804 FAIRSHAKE Super PAC Sep 26, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$562,804 FAIRSHAKE Super PAC Sep 26, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$50,000 CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE Super PAC Oct 11, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$50,000 CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE Super PAC Oct 11, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$21,500 BUDZINSKI VICTORY FUND NIKKI FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$20,000 DEMOCRACY SUMMER 2024 NIKKI FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Mar 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$19,570 FAIRSHAKE Super PAC Oct 3, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$19,570 FAIRSHAKE Super PAC Oct 3, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$19,000 ILLINOIS NEVADA 2023 FUND NIKKI FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Sep 26, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$16,714 LIEU BUDZINSKI VICTORY FUND NIKKI FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Sep 24, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$10,000 BUDZINSKI SORENSEN VICTORY FUND NIKKI FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Sep 27, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$9,133 ILLINOIS NEVADA 2023 FUND NIKKI FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Nov 8, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$9,000 BUDZINSKI VICTORY FUND NIKKI FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC May 3, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,805 BUDZINSKI VICTORY FUND NIKKI FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Nov 21, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,500 BUDZINSKI VICTORY FUND NIKKI FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jun 26, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (1 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

  • Special education protections exist because families fought hard for them. The Trump Administration is now moving oversight away from the offices built to enforce them — and that has real consequences for real kids and their families.
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  • On Thursday, I was pleased to attend the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center. It was an incredible moment of togetherness and a reminder that we must always have hope for the future.
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  • Happy Juneteenth! Today we honor the resilience and contributions of Black Americans — and the long, ongoing journey toward a country that lives up to its founding promise. Let’s continue to work together to ensure America lives up to its promise of freedom, justice and equality…
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  • I sat down for an honest conversation with Unmoderated News about where the Democratic Party needs to go — and what it looks like to actually show up for working people in downstate Illinois. Take a listen below: youtu.be/130R7xDKW7c?...
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  • I’m honored to be at the opening ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center today. This opening is an important reminder of what's possible when we lead with hope and never stop believing in the promise of this country. Our best days are ahead.
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  • 3.5 million people have lost food assistance since the Big Ugly Bill passed. That’s 3.5 million seniors, working adults, and families with kids. Meanwhile, the same bill cut taxes for the wealthiest Americans. That's a choice. And it's the wrong one. www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/05/...
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  • The Trump Administration is moving oversight of special education and civil rights enforcement away from the offices responsible for protecting students with disabilities and ensuring they have equal access to education.
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  • Reminder! My team will be out and about across the 13th District today. See the times and locations below!
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  • Tomorrow, my team will be out and about across the 13th District to help folks with constituent services! Stop by our mobile office hours at the locations below to get all your casework questions answered!
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  • Heads up, Central and Southern Illinois — severe weather is on the way today. The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a Moderate Risk (level 4 of 5) for severe thunderstorms across central Illinois through northwestern Indiana. The most significant threat develops this…
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  • The President promised the White House ballroom wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime. New documents show taxpayers are paying $300 million of a $600M price tag. But somehow we can't afford rural hospitals, Medicaid, or SNAP. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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  • There's nothing controversial about honoring the women who served our country. The Pentagon's anti-DEI guidance canceled a 28-year tradition of recognizing women veterans — and that's wrong. We should be expanding recognition of their service, not restricting it…
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