Illinois 13th Congressional District

The first-term Democrat is hoping a massive fundraising advantage and bipartisan work will propel her to another term in Washington, D.C.

While electoral experts have rated the 13th Congressional District a safe or solid bet for Democrats this year, a 27-year-old Republican said he can beat incumbent Nikki Budzinski.

Chibu Asonye of Urbana did not gather enough signatures to appear before voters this fall in the district that includes much of the Metro East, the Illinois State Board of Elections ruled on Friday.

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Thomas Clatterbuck, a law student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Joshua Loyd, an entrepreneur and Army veteran, will face off in the March 19 primary for the GOP nomination.

On the latest episode of Politically Speaking, Democratic U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski, whose 13th District includes a portion of the Metro East, reflects on her first 100 days in office.

The newly drawn 13th Congressional District includes parts of St. Clair, Madison, Champaign, Macon, Piatt and Sangamon counties and all of Macoupin County. Voters will decide between Democrat Nikki Budzinski and Republican Regan Deering in the Nov. 8 election.

The 13th Congressional District was redrawn in 2021 by Democrats and now includes Belleville, East St. Louis and parts of Edwardsville and Collinsville

The contest for Illinois' 13 district is a rematch of 2018, when Republican incumbent Rodney Davis narrowly beat Democrat Betsy Dirksen Londrigan. A number of the issues are the same in a race that is drawing interest from political observers outside the central Illinois district, which contains portions of the Metro East.

Democrat Betsy Dirksen Londrigan is the latest guest on Politically Speaking. She spoke with St. Louis Public Radio’s Eric Schmid and Jaclyn Driscoll about her race against U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis in Illinois’ 13th Congressional District, which includes a portion of the Metro East. Dirksen Londrigan ran against Davis in 2018, narrowly losing to the incumbent Republican by 2,058 votes. The race is again expected to be close on Nov. 3. Davis won reelection in 2014 and 2016 by nearly 20 percentage points each time.