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Races · house · 2024 · Illinois
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Nikki Budzinski vs Thomas Clatterbuck

Lean D polls· 0 polls · 0 markets
Where this race stands
Verified

Lean D

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (D+5) suggests Lean D.

CITATIONS · lean-d

Endorsements · 0 total

Source · Wikipedia · 2 candidates with no endorsements yet
DNikki Budzinski0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
RThomas Clatterbuck0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.

Money raised · own committees

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2024-10-23
Nikki BudzinskiH2IL13153 ↗
Receipts
$4.3M
Disburse
$2.6M
Cash on hand
$1.8M
Debts
$0
Lawyers / law firms$63.4K
Govt employees$45.6K
Education$28.1K
STATE OF ILLINOIS$45.6K
SIMMONS HANLY CONROY LLC$36.8K
MARQUIS MANAGEMENT INC$29.0K
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$28.1K
THE GORI LAW FIRM$18.1K
Thomas ClatterbuckOWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$45.6K
Disburse
$42.9K
Cash on hand
$0
Debts
$0
Health professionals$500
ACRE HILL VETERINARY CLINIC$500
RENOWN$260
SWING CITY MUSIC$50

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$1.3M
D side
$1.3M · 100%
R side
$0 · 0%
Top spender
FAIRSHAKE
For / against split
For Budzinski $1.3M
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
FAIRSHAKED$1.2M92%for Nikki Budzinski
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEED$100.0K8%for Nikki Budzinski
DMFI PACD$5.6K0%for Nikki Budzinski
UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUNDD$2200%for Nikki Budzinski
GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIOND$1250%for Nikki Budzinski

Editorial ratings · 5 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe D5
CNalysis
Safe D
Nov 15
The Cook Political Report
Safe D
Feb 1
Elections Daily
Safe D
Jun 7
Inside Elections
Safe D
Mar 9
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe D
Feb 6

Demographic crosstabs

age · education · race · gender
No demographic crosstabs published for this race yet. Most pollsters release only topline numbers; subgroup breakdowns (age, education, race, gender) appear here when a pollster publishes them.
Rating timeline
May 5, 2026lean-dpvi
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2024-10-23
Endorsementsnothing to sync
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks