Democratic primary · March 17, 2026
Illinois house Democratic primary
Nikki Budzinski won the Democratic primary on March 17, 2026, advancing to the general election on November 3, 2026.
Caution · early warning
Editorial raters moved while polling has gone quiet
The last rating change here was 22d ago, but only 0 polls have landed in the last 60 days. When raters move and pollsters don't, the rating shift may be running ahead of the data. Watch for a late-cycle correction in either direction.
Where this race stands
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All polls · 0 results
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Endorsements · Democratic primary · 29 total
Source · Wikipedia · 0 candidates with no endorsements yetNikki Budzinski · 29
DNikki Budzinski29 endorsers
Most notable · Chicago Tribune
Organizations28
Organizations · 28
- AFL-CIO · s AFL-CIO
- AIPAC
- Alliance for Retired Americans · Americans
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees · Council 31
- Associated Fire Fighters · of Illinois
- Carpenters · a Carpenters Regional Council
- Citizen Action · Illinois
- Democratic Majority for Israel
- Equality PAC
- Humane World Action Fund
- Illinois Federation of Teachers
- International Union of Operating Engineers · Locals 150 and 399
- Ironworkers · District Council of St. Louis & Vicinity
- J Street PAC
- Jewish Democratic Council of America
- Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs
- Laborers · Region Laborers
- League of Conservation Voters
- Madison County · Democrats
- National Organization for Women · PAC
- Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund
- Pipe Trades Association · sociation
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund
- SEIU · Healthcare
- United Auto Workers
- United Food and Commercial Workers · Local 881
- United Mine Workers COMPAC Council
- United Steelworkers · District 7
Newspapers1
Newspapers · 1
- Chicago Tribune
Money in this primary
FEC · per-candidate committees · last filing 2026-03-06In the news
5 shown · last 30d · Google NewsNews volume · 30d
5 articles · building history
News volume · last 30d
Articles5
Trendbuilding history
Article counts indexed by Google News; the sparkline traces weekly volume across the window.
Net favorability
+0.60
Coverage lean (D−R) · first week of data
Net favorability
Score+0.60
Week-over-weekfirst week of data
Tone of coverage, D minus R, scored from −1 (all R-favorable) to +1 (all D-favorable). 0 is balanced.
Coverage tilt
D 60%
Neutral 40%
60% of outlets rated · by editorial lean
Coverage tilt · by outlet lean
D-leaning outlets60%
Neutral40%
R-leaning outlets0%
60% of outlets classified by editorial lean
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Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2026-03-06
Endorsements32 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage5 / 30dGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks