Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Jeff Wilson

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Illinois District 13
Filing address
Mahomet, IL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
WILSON, JEFF
Next election
Primary March 17, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Illinois with the 2026 district highlighted

Illinois, District 13

RepublicanU.S. House · Illinois District 13ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6IL13154 · Principal campaign committee: WILSON FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$532,329.74
Total spent$484,162.93
Cash on hand$48,166.81
Debts owed by the campaign$251,200.00
Loans from the candidate$251,200.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $185,569.50PACs and other committees: $7,025.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $339,470.77Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $264.47
  • Individual contributions$185,569.5035%
  • PACs and other committees$7,025.001%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$339,470.7764%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$264.470%

Self-funding: $339,470.77 (64% of money raised): $88,270.77 given and $251,200.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$67,289.5658%
  • Contributions over $200$47,908.3442%
  • Itemized from inside Illinois$47,540.2096%
  • Itemized from other states$2,000.004%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$147K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $33,310.51APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $19,477.34JULY QUARTERLY: raised $39,186.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $46,965.78OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $51,895.34OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $51,026.54YEAR-END: raised $52,901.90YEAR-END: spent $52,834.86PRE-PRIMARY: raised $43,148.91PRE-PRIMARY: spent $40,514.40APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $27,378.23APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $35,953.50JULY QUARTERLY: raised $100,415.99JULY QUARTERLY: spent $89,223.29OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $146,893.09OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $134,257.142025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

2 committees reported giving $3,000.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

The race

Illinois U.S. House, District 13, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Jeff Wilson (R)$532,329.74$48,166.812026-10-14
Nikki Budzinski (D)$3,654,995.97$2,951,806.452026-10-14
Dylan Thomas Blaha (D)$105,872.44$993.672026-06-30
Joshua Loyd (R)$16,876.20$0.002026-04-21

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DDecember 5, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 15, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: WILSON FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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