Nikki Budzinski IL Democratic Representative

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Ms. Nikki Budzinski
Current Democratic Representative
Illinois District 13
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The REAP program used to help small farmers afford clean energy upgrades. Under USDA’s new rule, you have to pay the full project cost yourself before you’re even eligible to apply for a grant — with no guarantee you’ll get it. Most family farmers in IL-13 can’t afford that gamble. https://t.co/sQ9w4osEVa

💬 1🔁 0❤ 0Oct 28, 2026

I'm proud to have led this effort to demand an FTC investigation into big corporations systematically overcharging people across the country. We won't stop until we have answers that protect consumers from deceptive pricing and hold these corporations accountable. https://t.co/UYqFjcwvPO

💬 0🔁 0❤ 0Oct 28, 2026

Congress blocked USDA’s reorganization plan and a federal court backed that up. USDA said they’re doing it anyway. Farmers in Central and SouthernIllinois need USDA focused on them, not fighting legal battles over a plan that both Congress and a federal judge have already pushed back on. https://t.co/qZxbUKU1cN

💬 0🔁 0❤ 0Oct 28, 2026

Health care should be easy to navigate, affordable, and accessible. Republicans made it confusing, more expensive, and for too many people in IL-13 — impossible. That’s not acceptable. https://t.co/Up9DBxFhjN

💬 12🔁 1❤ 2Oct 28, 2026

Jesus, a 16-year-old from Collinsville, was wrongfully taken by ICE in June and sent hundreds of miles away from his family. For months, my office worked closely with Jesus' family, legal representatives, and local community members to advocate for his return. After fighting alongside his family, Jesus is home. Every person in IL-13 deserves a representative who will fight for them — and that is what we will continue to do. https://t.co/9wPM2C8nHU

💬 2🔁 0❤ 1Oct 28, 2026

Congratulations to Bob Flider on his retirement from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign after a remarkable career in public service. From local elected official to state legislator to Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture to the University of Illinois — Bob has spent decades fighting for the people of Central Illinois. His retirement is well earned. Congratulations, Bob!

💬 1🔁 0❤ 4Oct 28, 2026

Dolores Huerta spent her life fighting for the dignity and rights of working people who put food on Americans' tables. As co-founder of the United Farm Workers, she helped secure better wages, safer conditions and real protections for farm workers across the country. Her legacy lives on in every worker for generations to come. My thoughts are with her family and loved ones.

💬 2🔁 0❤ 2Oct 28, 2026

It's an encouraging sign to see projects move right here at home and hopefully — it's just the start. This is exactly the type of progress BAAJA would deliver if enacted. By speeding up the approval process, we can bring clean energy online faster, expand our energy supply, and most importantly — lower costs for families across the country. Relief can’t wait.

💬 3🔁 15❤ 31Oct 28, 2026

Diesel in Illinois hit $6.83 a gallon. For a 7th generation farm in central Illinois, that’s $80,000 in fuel costs this harvest — double last year. A new U of I study puts the added cost at $6/acre for corn, $5/acre for soybeans. The Iran war is hitting Illinois farmers at exactly the wrong time. https://t.co/teS5I0icfs

💬 17🔁 2❤ 4Oct 28, 2026

The President promised “no wars.” He started one with Iran — 21 American lives lost, $43 billion spent, and no end in sight. The President promised inflation would end on day one. It has gone up. Promises were made and broken. https://t.co/Kc820c0P8J

💬 16🔁 0❤ 5Oct 27, 2026

Votes Bills Issues Committees Speeches Terms

Voting record, 119th Congress

100.0%Attendance676 of 676 roll calls cast

0Roll calls missedAnswered “present” 2 times (counted as cast)

93.6%Voted with the Democratic majorityon the 471 party-line votes

10+Yea or Nay against the Democratic majorityon party-line votes

How these are counted

Attendance is the share of roll calls held while the member was in office on which they voted Yea, Nay or Present. A party-line vote is a roll call on which a majority of Republicans voted against a majority of Democrats. Voting with the Democratic majority is the share of the member’s cast votes on those roll calls that matched that majority.

Last 10 votes cast

Date	Measure	Question	Vote	Result
Sep 16, 2026	S. 2403Retire through Ownership Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9497Water Resources Development Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9340Ratepayer Protection Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.J.Res. 213Providing 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”	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 10326PROOF Act	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9576National Fraud Enforcement Division Act	On Passage	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 5334An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes	On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments	Nay	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.Con.Res. 93Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.J.Res. 210Providing 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”	On Passage	Nay	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.R. 9500Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed

Latest 10 votes against the Democratic majority

Date	Measure	Member voted	Party majority
Jul 21, 2026	H.R. 6955Main Street Act	Yea	Nay
Jul 15, 2026	H.R. 8595	Nay	Yea
Jun 10, 2026	H.R. 8312Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act	Yea	Nay
May 14, 2026	H.R. 5625Cashless Bail Reporting Act	Yea	Nay
May 13, 2026	H.R. 1346Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act	Yea	Nay
Apr 29, 2026	S. 1318Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act	Yea	Nay
Apr 23, 2026	H.R. 5587HEATS Act	Yea	Nay
Mar 27, 2026	H.R. 7084Defending American Property Abroad Act	Yea	Nay
Jan 9, 2026	H.R. 5184Affordable HOMES Act	Yea	Nay
Dec 11, 2025	H.R. 3383Increasing Investor Opportunities Act	Yea	Nay

Source: Congress.gov API · through the House’s last vote, Sep 16, 2026 · House Clerk roll calls

Bills, 119th Congress

19Sponsoredbills and resolutions introduced

518Cosponsored

0Sponsored that became law1 sponsored or cosponsored became law

155Cross-party cosponsorshipsbills from another party’s sponsor

79.0%Sponsored bills with a cross-party cosponsorH.R. and S. bills only

How these are counted

Sponsored counts every bill and resolution the member introduced; cosponsored excludes withdrawn cosponsorships. A cross-party cosponsorship is cosponsoring a measure whose sponsor belongs to another party. The last figure is the share of the member’s H.R. or S. bills with at least one cosponsor from another party.

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Policy area	Bills
Health	102
Armed Forces and National Security	63
Agriculture and Food	53
Government Operations and Politics	46
Taxation	38

Policy areas are assigned by the Congressional Research Service, one per bill. Top five shown.

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS · as of Oct 27, 2026

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

93.2%With the Democratic majorityon 468 issue votes

2Against both partiesmost Democrats and most Republicans voted the other way

30With the Republican majorityon party-line votes

This is not a left–right score. A vote against the party can come from either side of it; the list below shows who else voted the same way.

Issue	Votes	With the Democratic majority	Against both parties	With the Republican majority	Rank among Democrats
Economics and Public Finance	59	98.3%	0	1	44th of 219
Armed Forces and National Security	57	96.5%	1	1	97th of 218
Crime and Law Enforcement	29	75.9%	1	6	178th of 213
Energy	29	93.1%	0	2	163rd of 213
Government Operations and Politics	27	85.2%	0	4	159th of 214
International Affairs	26	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (50)
Commerce	25	96.0%	0	1	74th of 211
Environmental Protection	25	92.0%	0	2	177th of 213
Public Lands and Natural Resources	24	95.8%	0	1	146th of 213
Finance and Financial Sector	23	82.6%	0	4	177th of 212
Congress	22	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (70)
Immigration	15	80.0%	0	3	161st of 211
Education	14	85.7%	0	2	143rd of 199
Agriculture and Food	13	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (137)
Science, Technology, Communications	12	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (108)
Other issues (15)Fewer than 10 votes each: Taxation, Transportation and Public Works, Emergency Management, Labor and Employment, Health, Law, Native Americans, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Housing and Community Development, Animals, Foreign Trade and International Finance, Social Welfare, Families, Water Resources Development, Arts, Culture, Religion	68	95.6%	0	3	—

Rank: 1st = voted with the Democratic majority most often on that issue, among House Democrats who cast at least 10 votes on it.

Votes against the Democratic majority, by issue

Economics and Public Finance · 1

Jul 15, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 8595 · Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay; most Democrats voted Yea, most Republicans Nay. Also voting Nay: 97 other Democrats.

Armed Forces and National Security · 2

Apr 29, 2026 · S. 1318 · Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 41 other Democrats.
Dec 10, 2025 · S. 1071 · To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 93 other Democrats; 18 Republicans.

Crime and Law Enforcement · 7

May 14, 2026 · H.R. 5625 · Cashless Bail Reporting Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 95 other Democrats.
Sep 17, 2025 · H.R. 5143 · District of Columbia Policing Protection Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 28 other Democrats.
Jun 12, 2025 · S. 331 · HALT Fentanyl Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 102 other Democrats; 1 Republican: Thomas Massie.
Jun 10, 2025 · H.R. 2096 · Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 29 other Democrats.
Jun 9, 2025 · H.Res. 488 · Denouncing the antisemitic terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 74 other Democrats.
May 14, 2025 · H.R. 2243 · LEOSA Reform Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 13 other Democrats.
Feb 13, 2025 · H.R. 35 · Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 49 other Democrats.

Energy · 2

Apr 23, 2026 · H.R. 5587 · HEATS Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 21 other Democrats.
Jan 9, 2026 · H.R. 5184 · Affordable HOMES Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 56 other Democrats.

Government Operations and Politics · 4

Jun 10, 2026 · H.R. 8312 · Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 27 other Democrats.
Nov 21, 2025 · H.Con.Res. 58 · Denouncing the horrors of socialism
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 85 other Democrats.
Jul 21, 2025 · H.R. 3095 · To direct the United States Postal Service to designate single, unique ZIP Codes for certain communities, and for other purposes
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 74 other Democrats.
Jun 10, 2025 · H.R. 884 · To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting …
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 55 other Democrats.

Commerce · 1

Dec 3, 2025 · H.R. 4305 · DUMP Red Tape Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 58 other Democrats.

Environmental Protection · 2

May 13, 2026 · H.R. 1346 · Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 94 other Democrats.
May 1, 2025 · H.J.Res. 88 · Congressional disapproval, of the rule submitted by the EPA relating to “California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean …
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 34 other Democrats.

Public Lands and Natural Resources · 1

Jan 23, 2025 · H.R. 471 · Fix Our Forests Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 63 other Democrats.

Finance and Financial Sector · 4

Jul 21, 2026 · H.R. 6955 · Main Street Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 55 other Democrats.
Dec 11, 2025 · H.R. 3383 · Increasing Investor Opportunities Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 86 other Democrats.
Jul 17, 2025 · S. 1582 · GENIUS Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 101 other Democrats.
Jul 17, 2025 · H.R. 3633 · CLARITY Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 77 other Democrats.

Immigration · 3

Jan 22, 2025 · S. 5 · Laken Riley Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 45 other Democrats.
Jan 16, 2025 · H.R. 30 · Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 60 other Democrats.
Jan 7, 2025 · H.R. 29 · Laken Riley Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 47 other Democrats.

Education · 2

Dec 4, 2025 · H.R. 1069 · PROTECT Our Kids Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 32 other Democrats.
May 7, 2025 · H.R. 881 · DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 54 other Democrats.

Taxation · 1

Mar 11, 2025 · H.J.Res. 25 · Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to “Gros…
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 75 other Democrats.

Transportation and Public Works · 1

Mar 27, 2026 · H.R. 7084 · Defending American Property Abroad Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 40 other Democrats.

Labor and Employment · 1

Mar 11, 2025 · H.R. 1156 · Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 82 other Democrats.

How these are counted

Each roll call takes the policy area the Library of Congress gave the bill it is about; a vote on an amendment counts under its bill. 468 of the House’s 676 roll calls this Congress have an issue. Left out as procedural (208): votes on House rules and the previous question, motions to recommit or adjourn, quorum calls and the Speaker election. “With the Democratic majority” counts every issue vote on which most Democrats voted the same way, Yea or Nay. “Against both parties” = most Democrats and most Republicans voted one way and this member the other. “With the Republican majority” = a party-line vote (most of each party on opposite sides) on which this member sided with the Republicans. Independents count with the party they caucus with.

Source: votes: Congress.gov API / Clerk of the House · issue areas: Library of Congress policy areas · votes through Sep 16, 2026

Committee assignments

Committee	Role	Side	Seniority rank
House Committee on Agriculture	Member	Minority	11
General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit	Member	Minority	4
Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development	Member	Minority	2
Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology	Member	Minority	4
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs	Member	Minority	6
Technology Modernization	Ranking Member	Minority	1

Seniority rank is the member’s order among their own party’s members on that committee; 1 is the most senior.

Source: congress-legislators (CC0) · as of Oct 27, 2026

Congress	Years	Chamber	Role	State	District
119th Congress	2025–present	House of Representatives	Representative	Illinois (IL)	13
118th Congress	2023–2025	House of Representatives	Representative	Illinois (IL)	13

Elections

Elected to the 118th Congress on November 8, 2022; reelected to the 119th Congress on November 5, 2024.¹

The election history as listed in the Congressional Directory.

Sources

Official Congressional Directory, 119th Congress (February 20, 2026 edition). U.S. Government Publishing Office for the Joint Committee on Printing.

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Overview Donors Disclosures

Campaign money, 2025–26 election cycle

$3,654,996Raised

$2,487,922Spent

$2,951,806Cash on hand

$0Debts owed by the campaign

Where the money came from

Source	Amount	Share
Individuals, itemizeddonors giving more than $200 in the cycle, named in filings	$1,907,513	52.2%
Individuals, unitemized$200 or less in the cycle, not named	$136,167	3.7%
PACs and other committees	$1,523,704	41.7%
Party committees	$2,260	0.1%
All other receiptstransfers, loans, refunds and offsets	$85,353	2.3%

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported by groups not tied to the campaign: $83,860 supporting this candidate, $0 opposing. Details on FEC.gov

More on this campaign’s money

Source: Federal Election Commission, openFEC API · filings through Oct 14, 2026

Who gave, 2025–26 election cycle

Individual contributions by size

Contribution size	Amount	Share
$200 and under	$190,878	11.3%
$200.01 to $499.99	$85,931	5.1%
$500 to $999.99	$227,416	13.4%
$1,000 to $1,999.99	$394,358	23.3%
$2,000 and over	$793,250	46.9%

From the FEC’s contribution-size summary, which is compiled separately from the campaign’s totals, so these rows need not add up to the individual receipts on the Overview.

Top 10 states, itemized contributions

State	Amount
IL (home state)	$822,110
NY	$124,900
MA	$99,900
DC	$86,120
MO	$82,900
CA	$80,254
FL	$29,702
MD	$27,785
CT	$27,100
VA	$23,390

Top employers of individual donors

Employer named by donors	Amount
SIMMONS HANLY CONROY LLP	$46,750
MARQUIS MANAGEMENT INC	$38,300
CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES	$17,500
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	$17,000
POWER ROGERS LLP	$16,000
KEEFE KEEFE & UNSELL PC	$15,750
STATE OF ILLINOIS	$15,150
THE GORI LAW FIRM	$13,500
SIMMONS HANLY CONROY	$12,250
ARNOLD VENTURES	$11,000

Contributions from individuals who listed that employer, itemized only. Companies themselves cannot give to a federal candidate’s campaign.

Entries that name no employer, as written on the filings: NOT EMPLOYED $418,124 · SELF-EMPLOYED $151,361.

Source: Federal Election Commission, openFEC API · filings through Oct 14, 2026

Personal financial disclosures

Filed	Covers	Filing	Document
May 14, 2026	2025	Annual report	PDF

Stock trades (periodic transaction reports)

None filed in 2025 or 2026.

The annual report lists assets, income and debts for the prior year and is due May 15; an extension of up to 90 days is allowed. A periodic transaction report lists a trade of more than $1,000 and is due within 45 days of it.

Source: Clerk of the House, financial disclosures · as of Oct 27, 2026

Profile External Sources

Profile

Facts from official records. The small numbers open each fact’s source.

At a glance

Born	March 11, 1977^1,2
Birthplace	Peoria, IL^1,2
Home town listed	Springfield, IL¹
Party	Democratic¹
In the House since	January 3, 2023²

Education

B.A., history and political science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1999

As listed in the Congressional Directory.¹

Professional history

Iowa political director, Chris Dodd presidential campaign, 2007-08
Political representative, International Association of Fire Fighters, 2005-08
Associate director of legislative and political action, United Food and Commercial Workers Union, 2008-15
Labor outreach director, Hillary for America, 2015-16
Executive director, Pritzker / Stratton Transition Committee, 2018-19
Senior advisor, Governor J.B. Pritzker, 2019-20
President, Budzinski & Partners, LLC, 2020-21
Chief of staff, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 2021

As the member’s office lists it in the Congressional Directory, in that order.¹

Biographical Directory entry

BUDZINSKI, Nikki, a Representative from Illinois; born in Peoria, Peoria County, Ill., March 11, 1977; B.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill., 1999; trade unionist; senior advisor, Governor of Illinois J. B. Pritzker, 2019-2020; chief of staff, Office of Management and Budget, 2021; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eighteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2023-present).²

The official summary kept by the House and Senate historians, word for word.

Offices

Washington, DC

1717 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1313
202-225-2371

Local offices

City	Address	Phone
Champaign, IL	44 East Main Street, Suite 205	217-305-6991
Decatur, IL	101 South Main Street, Suite 100	217-859-5313
Springfield, IL	133 South 4th Street, Suite 300	217-814-2880
Collinsville, IL	409 Belt Line Road, Suite 110	618-212-7333

Office list: congress-legislators (CC0), as of Oct 27, 2026.

Sources

Official Congressional Directory, 119th Congress (February 20, 2026 edition). U.S. Government Publishing Office for the Joint Committee on Printing.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Office of the Historian, U.S. House (History, Art & Archives).

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Voting record, 119th Congress

Last 10 votes cast

Latest 10 votes against the Democratic majority

Bills, 119th Congress

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Sponsored legislation, newest first

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

Votes against the Democratic majority, by issue

Committee assignments

Floor remarks, 119th Congress

Elections

Sources

Campaign money, 2025–26 election cycle

Where the money came from

Outside spending

More on this campaign’s money

Who gave, 2025–26 election cycle

Individual contributions by size

Top 10 states, itemized contributions

Top employers of individual donors

Personal financial disclosures

Stock trades (periodic transaction reports)

Profile

At a glance

Education

Professional history

Biographical Directory entry

Offices

Sources

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