Illinois U.S. House District 13

The count.

Checking the election sources…

Side by side.

Raised excludes transfers between a candidate's own committees. Shares are of that total. Filings appear in order of money raised; this includes primary candidates who are no longer running.

Who spent from outside.

The largest independent spenders in this race, summed from each candidate's five largest spenders on each side.

• PROTECT PROGRESSSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries$84K for Nikki Budzinski

Each campaign.

• Nikki BudzinskiFEC filing: Nikki Budzinski · H2IL13153 ↗

  Sitting member of Congress · Nikki Budzinski

  In the U.S. House (IL-13) since 2023 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 2 committees: Agriculture, Veterans' Affairs · 4 subcommittees
  • 306 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 1 committee reported outside spending for or against them

  Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H2IL13153) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

  Raised

  $3.6M

  Spent

  $2.5M

  Cash on hand

  $3.0M

  • Individuals 57% $2.0M
  • PACs & other committees 42% $1.5M
  • Party committees <0.1% $2,260
  • Other receipts 1% $42K

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $43K moved between the candidate's own committees.

  Outside groups: $84K supporting · $0 opposing

  Biggest spenders supporting

  1. PROTECT PROGRESSSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $84K

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. ULLICO INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ULLIPAC)Corporate PAC · Ullico Inc. $15K
  2. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSUnion PAC · International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $10K
  3. UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUNDUnion PAC · United Steelworkers $10K

  Where the money went $1.5M in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $1.5M of the $2.5M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 7% $106K
  • Consultants & strategy 4% $65K
  • Staff & payroll 32% $496K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 23% $356K
  • Polling, research & data 4% $54K
  • Travel, meals & events 17% $265K
  • Office, technology & overhead 6% $96K
  • Legal & compliance 5% $71K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 2% $28K
  • Other or unclassified 0.2% $2,736

  Largest payees

  1. PAYROLL DATA PROCESSING $477K
  2. THE FROST GROUP $157K
  3. 2054 STRATEGIES LLC $127K
  4. WESTWEST DIGITAL $80K
  5. CAPITOL COMPLIANCE ASSOCIATES $70K

  Paid to individuals: $69K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (2,111 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

  Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

• Jeff WilsonFEC filing: Jeff Wilson · H6IL13154 ↗

  Raised

  $532K

  Spent

  $484K

  Cash on hand

  $48K

  Debts

  $251K

  • Individuals 35% $186K
  • PACs & other committees 1% $7,025
  • Candidate's own money & loans 64% $339K
  • Other receipts <0.1% $264

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.

  No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. MARY MILLER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee $2,000
  2. VOLUNTEERS FOR SHIMKUSCandidate committee $1,000

  Where the money went $324K in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $324K of the $484K the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 8% $26K
  • Consultants & strategy 73% $235K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 0.8% $2,550
  • Polling, research & data 0.7% $2,229
  • Travel, meals & events 5% $17K
  • Office, technology & overhead 4% $14K
  • Legal & compliance 0.2% $492
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.6% $1,881
  • Other or unclassified 8% $25K

  Largest payees

  1. 316 STRATEGIES, LLC $235K
  2. HURST & ASSOCIATES $14K
  3. NUMINAR ANALYSIS $12K
  4. GO BIG MEDIA, LLC $11K
  5. OBSCUREIQ $3,750

  Paid to individuals: $24K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Feb 18, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (187 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

  Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

• Dylan Thomas BlahaFEC filing: Dylan Thomas Blaha · H6IL13162 ↗

  Raised

  $106K

  Spent

  $105K

  Cash on hand

  $994

  • Individuals 89% $95K
  • PACs & other committees 3% $3,500
  • Candidate's own money & loans 5% $5,812
  • Other receipts 2% $1,999

  Campaign totals through Jun 30, 2026.

  No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. RISING DEMSHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $3,500
  2. THE JUSTICE COALITION ACTION PACMembership group PAC · The Justice Coalition Action $2,000
  3. MICHAELA FOR TENNESSEECandidate committee $16

  Where the money went $96K in itemized spending

  • Advertising & outreach 56% $54K
  • Consultants & strategy 9% $8,499
  • Staff & payroll 6% $5,600
  • Fundraising & processing fees 7% $7,109
  • Travel, meals & events 8% $7,694
  • Office, technology & overhead 13% $13K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.5% $500
  • Other or unclassified 0.6% $587

  Largest payees

  1. DIXON GRAPHICS $8,756
  2. FINANCIAL INNOVATIONS, INC. $7,629
  3. PROMPT.IO INC $6,590
  4. NGP VAN $5,619
  5. UNION CREATIVE LLC CIVIC MATTERS $5,450

  Paid to individuals: $11K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Apr 25, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (236 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

  Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

• Joshua LoydFEC filing: Joshua Loyd · H4IL13241 ↗

  Raised

  $17K

  Spent

  $17K

  Cash on hand

  $0

  • Individuals 71% $12K
  • Candidate's own money & loans 29% $4,900

  Campaign totals through Apr 21, 2026.

  No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

  Where the money went $16K in itemized spending

  • Consultants & strategy 34% $5,243
  • Fundraising & processing fees 30% $4,704
  • Legal & compliance 36% $5,700

  Largest payees

  1. MCSHANE LLC $8,770
  2. PAC MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC $5,700
  3. AMERICA FIRST PARTNERS $1,178

  Payments dated Feb 7, 2025 to Apr 21, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (32 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

  Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Also registered for this seat, with no campaign summary or outside spending in the bulk file: Emily Athena Lux, Bradley Horges.