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
64.9
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
2.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,256,001
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
6.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$9,275 direct
DMFI PAC
$5,000 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
$2,715,839
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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
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$67.02M
FTX
$36.66M
BLOOMBERG
$28.04M
NEWSWEB
$16.35M
BLOOMBERG
$13.11M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.52M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.51M
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$5.01M
BOEING
$4.43M
SIMONS
$3.80M
SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION
$3.33M
HEISING-SIMONS
$3.20M
STATE OF ILLINOIS
$3.14M
MARCUS MILLICHAP
$3.14M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$2.92M
SCHUSTERMAN INTERESTS
$2.77M
CHARTER
$2.65M
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
$666K
PROTECT OUR FUTURE PAC
$263K
WOMEN VOTE
$258K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$50K
OPPORTUNITY FOR TOMORROW
$10K
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$5K
DMFI PAC
$3K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$124
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$123
USW WORKS
$110
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