U.S. House · Updated Oct 9
Illinois's 13th District
Nikki Budzinski win chance
>99%
Typical margin: Budzinski by 27
Democrat
Who's running
The numbers behind it
Campaign money
Nikki Budzinski
Raised $2.9M · $2.6M cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Jeff Wilson
Raised $348K · $12K cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Our model counts the money gap as worth 0.9 points to Nikki Budzinski. Even a 10× gap is worth at most 1.5.
Other filers in this race raised $123K in total.
Candidates' own committees only, from fec.gov. Third-quarter reports are due Oct 15.
How the numbers moved
- Sep 23Cook Political Report: Solid DCook Political Report
- Jun 30Jeff Wilson had raised $348KFEC filing
- Jun 30Nikki Budzinski had raised $2.9MFEC filing
How we got this number
We blend the polling average (when there is one) with the race's fundamentals: past results, incumbency, the national mood and the money. Then we play the election out 40,000 times, with polling misses that move every race together, and count how often each side wins.
90% of the model's 40,000 simulated elections land between D+14.9 and D+39.4.
No public polls yet, so this forecast rests on the fundamentals alone, with a wider range.
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