Nikki Budzinski
Democrat
· IL-13 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · Digital Assets · and Rural Development · and Biotechnology · Risk Management · and Credit · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
65.0
Moderately exposed
↑ +6.0
vs 118th (59.0)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
8.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,540,695
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.5
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
11.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
DMFI PAC
$5,000 direct · $5,600 outside spending
JSTREETPAC
$9,275 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$4,994 direct
CITYPAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $11.15M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $22K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 59.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 65.0 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
Total money from this network
$1,230,498
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Share from this one network
5.1%
Amount from this network
$167,721
Total from all networks
$3,313,457
Networks contributing
462
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Who funds Budzinski
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,000,533
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
1.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
16.2%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
STATE OF ILLINOIS
$46K
SIMMONS HANLY CONROY LLP
$43K
SIMMONS HANLY CONROY
$40K
MARQUIS MANAGEMENT
$38K
SIMMONS HANLY CONROY
$37K
MARQUIS MANAGEMENT
$29K
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
$28K
STATE OF ILLINOIS
$27K
THE GORI LAW FIRM
$19K
THE GORI LAW FIRM
$18K
CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES
$18K
DEWEY SQUARE
$17K
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
$16K
POWER ROGERS LLP
$16K
KEEFE KEEFE UNSELL PC
$16K
UNION INSURANCE
$15K
SIMMONS HANLY CONROY LLP
$14K
STATE OF ILLINOIS
$14K
GCM GROSVENOR
$14K
THE DRISCOLL FIRM
$13K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Nikki Budzinski comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.30M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.30M
Dark-money outside spending
$5K
Share that is dark money
0.40%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$124
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$1.33M
PROTECT OUR FUTURE PAC
$527K
WOMEN VOTE
$516K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$100K
OPPORTUNITY FOR TOMORROW
$53K
DMFI PAC
$6K
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$5K
LATE BREAKERS PAC
$1K
USW WORKS
$220
LCV VICTORY FUND
$125
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$124
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$124
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
155 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $551K to Nikki Budzinski across 298 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$551K
Shared contributors
155
Contributions
298
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 61 | 90 | $92K |
| 2024 | 85 | 136 | $167K |
| 2026 | 50 | 72 | $292K |
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Nikki Budzinski sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required