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U.S. Representative · Illinois 13th District
Nikki Budzinski
DemocratDistrict D+5119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score54#115 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Nikki Budzinski’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1717 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1313
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 17 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 17 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 309, H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979 and 12 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.317 (party median -0.393; rank 63 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 94 (avg 96).
Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 3.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AgricultureMinority · 11th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology
- Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
- Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
- House Committee on Veterans' AffairsMinority · 6th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Technology ModernizationRanking Member
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Budzinski← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.317 is 0.08 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 1An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 54 | Middle |
| H.R. 2283Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery ActSummary on Congress.gov |