BUDZINSKI, NIKKI

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Illinois · District 13 · Election 2024 · IncumbentH2IL13153

Overview

Raised: $4.3M
Spent: $2.6M
Cash on hand: $1.8M
Debts owed: $0

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Dec 31, 2024, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2021–2022.

Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · Illinois · District 13
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2024
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: NIKKI FOR CONGRESS (C00787812)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$2.4M
Unitemized individual contributions$218.7K
Other committees$1.6M
Party committees$13.2K
Transfers from affiliates$119.8K

Largest itemized receipts

BUDZINSKI VICTORY FUNDDemocratic-aligned activityInferred from activity$21.5KSep 30, 2024
DEMOCRACY SUMMER 2024100% Democratic-aligned activityInferred from activity$20KMar 25, 2024
ILLINOIS NEVADA 2023 FUNDDemocratic-aligned activityInferred from activity$19KSep 26, 2023

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$2.4M
Contribution refunds$44.6K
Other disbursements$142.8K

Largest transfers and contributions to committees

DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PACMixed activity · 79% Democratic / 19% RepublicanInferred from activity$13.7K
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL PAC97% Democratic-aligned activity · 2% unclassifiedInferred from activity$100

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Largest operating payments

GMMB, INC.$113.6KMEDIA BUY · Oct 10, 2024
GAMBIT STRATEGIES LLC$75.9KDIGITAL ADVERTISING · Oct 7, 2024
GAMBIT STRATEGIES LLC$74.1K

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 23	$26,180	$0
Feb 23	$48,430	$500
Mar 23	$191,447	$0
Apr 23	$16,858	$445
May 23	$53,670	$0
Jun 23	$179,347	$1,500
Jul 23	$71,411	$1,500
Aug 23	$58,816	$0
Sep 23	$172,632	$0
Oct 23	$100,881	$4,166
Nov 23	$84,727	$0
Dec 23	$160,830	$2,500
Jan 24	$14,255	-$1,000
Feb 24	$118,215	$0
Mar 24	$199,050	$1,250
Apr 24	$53,435	$200
May 24	$78,966	$0
Jun 24	$234,853	$724
Jul 24	$105,072	$0
Aug 24	$90,586	-$3,752
Sep 24	$220,373	-$78
Oct 24	$156,508	$102,186
Nov 24	$29,284	$17,000
Dec 24	$2,030	$0

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Illinois · District 13
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2024
Registration snapshot cycle: 2023–2024
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 5171 · SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, 62705

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2023–2024

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

NIKKI FOR CONGRESSC00787812 Authorized candidateBUDZINSKI, NIKKIH2IL13153
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
NIKKI FOR CONGRESSC00787812 Connected organizationBUDZINSKI VICTORY FUNDReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 4, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2024
Contribution refunds: $44,607
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: YEAR-END

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 4, 2026

Source row hashd671dd51250bf2e8af8e96708207ae3890f06f9996b32ae356615d7fcb310f6c

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