IL-13 House 2026 · Hidden Levers

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U.S. House, Illinois District 13 · Incumbent running

DEMNominee

Nikki Budzinski incumbent

97%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28

REPNominee

Jeff Wilson

3%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28

IncumbentNikki Budzinski

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026

97% Nikki Budzinski · DemocratChance to win, between the two named candidates

DEM Nikki Budzinski 97%

REP Jeff Wilson 3%

Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets

Latest poll Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.

Seat lean (Hume PVI) D+3 as of cycle 2020

Prior result, this seat DEM 58.1% 2024 general · margin 16.2%

Side by side

2 candidates · 5 measures

FEC summary through 2026-10-14

MeasureDEMBudzinskiREPWilson

Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees

Nikki Budzinski$3,654,995.97

Jeff Wilson$532,329.74

Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date

Nikki Budzinski$2,487,921.87

Jeff Wilson$484,162.93

Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period

Nikki Budzinski$2,951,806.45

Jeff Wilson$48,166.81

Latest pollpercent, as stored

Nikki BudzinskiNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.

Jeff WilsonNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.

Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate

Nikki BudzinskiD+3seat-level

Jeff WilsonD+3seat-level

Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

0 listed · newest first

Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.

Seat lean · Hume PVI

as of cycle 2020

D+3

Lean (D minus R, points): +3.341

Hume PVI is Hidden Levers' own two-party presidential-lean index for the district, computed on the district's current lines, not the Cook PVI.

Prior result, this seat

election returns

2024 general

Candidate	Party	Votes	% of total
Nikki Budzinski	DEM	191,339	58.11%
Joshua Loyd	REP	137,917	41.89%

Total votes 329,256 · winning margin 16.23% of total (margin computed here from the cited vote counts)

Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Prior result: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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