Kyle Nudo
Kyle Nudo (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 15th Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on March 17, 2026.[source]
Biography
Kyle Nudo's career experience includes working as a small business owner and a union member.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Illinois' 15th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on March 17, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
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Democratic primary
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Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 15
Paul Davis (D), Kyle Nudo (D), Randy Raley (D), and Jennifer Todd (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 15 on March 17, 2026.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Anthony Barnes (D)
Republican primary
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Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 15
Incumbent Mary Miller (R), Judy Bowlby (R), and Ryan Tebrugge (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 15 on March 17, 2026.
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Endorsements
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- Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois
- Illinois AFL-CIO
- Center for Freethought Equality
- Latino Leadership Council
Campaign themes
2026
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Campaign website
Nudo's campaign website stated the following:
Keep Care Close to Home
Health care that’s close, efficient, and fair.
Every Illinoisan deserves access to high-quality healthcare without driving hours or breaking the bank. Across this district, families are watching hospitals close, clinics cut services, and local providers struggle to stay open. When rural hospitals disappear, entire communities lose lifelines — emergency care, prenatal services, jobs, and stability. Kyle believes healthcare is a right, not a privilege. He’ll fight to protect rural hospitals, expand telehealth access, and make sure care stays close to home where families need it most. That means cutting through red tape and redirecting resources to local providers instead of bloated administrative systems with their eye on their profits instead of people.. No one should have to choose between a hospital bill and their groceries, or delay care because of distance or cost. Keeping care close to home means keeping communities alive — and Kyle will make that a top priority in Congress.
Stand With Workers
A hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay.
Kyle’s a proud union member who knows firsthand that organized labor built the middle class. For generations, unions gave working people a seat at the table — livable wages, safer workplaces, and benefits that lifted families into stability. But decades of anti-worker policies and corporate greed have stripped away that progress.
Kyle believes that when working people do well, everyone does well. He’ll stand shoulder-to-shoulder with unions, defend collective bargaining rights, and push for policies that ensure a hard day’s work earns a fair day’s pay. He’ll fight to raise the minimum wage, protect pensions, and close loopholes that let corporations exploit workers.
Restoring dignity to work means valuing the people who keep our country running — from teachers and truck drivers to factory workers and first responders. Kyle’s message is simple: if you work hard, America should work for you.
Protect Family Farms
Keep farms in families, not corporations.
Family farms are the backbone of Illinois’ 15th District — feeding our nation, supporting our small towns, and passing down values of honesty, hard work, and care for the land. But more and more small farmers are being squeezed out by corporate monopolies, unfair markets, and restrictive repair rules that keep them dependent on big agribusiness.
Kyle grew up spending summers on his grandparents’ Pike County farm. He knows what it means to wake up early, care for the animals, and depend on your own hands and neighbors to get through a season. He’ll fight for the right-to-repair so farmers can fix their own equipment, protect family ownership of farmland, and push back against unfair patents and price fixing that undermines rural livelihoods and erodes communities.
Protecting family farms isn’t just an economic issue — it’s about preserving a way of life. Kyle believes that small farms should be able to thrive, young farmers should be able to start, and the next generation should be proud to stay and grow here and prosper.
Build It Here
Rebuild our roads, broadband, and opportunity.
Infrastructure isn’t just about roads and bridges — it’s about opportunity. When we invest in our own communities, we create good-paying jobs, attract small businesses and new industries, and make it possible for families to build stable futures close to home. Rural Illinois deserves the same investment and innovation as anywhere else in the country.
Kyle will fight to rebuild and modernize the infrastructure that keeps our towns moving — from reliable roads and bridges to broadband internet and clean energy grids. He believes in investing in the trades, local contractors, and regional partnerships that create jobs right here, not shipping them out of state or overseas.
“Build it here” means building pride, stability, and opportunity in every county. Kyle’s vision is simple: our kids shouldn’t have to move away to find success — we can build it right here at home.
Honor Veterans
Promises made. Promises kept.
Our veterans put everything on the line for this country. They deserve leaders who will fight just as hard for them in return. But too often, veterans face long wait times, complex systems, and broken promises when they come home — and that’s unacceptable.
Kyle will fight to ensure every veteran receives timely, high-quality healthcare, mental health support, and the benefits they’ve earned. He’ll also work to streamline and fully fund the VA system so it serves veterans instead of frustrating them. That includes protecting disability benefits, improving rural access to care, and expanding programs for job training and housing stability.
To Kyle, honoring veterans isn’t a slogan — it’s a lifelong responsibility. The best way to thank those who served is to keep our word and make sure no veteran is left behind.
Accessible Futures for All
Independence, inclusion, and opportunity for every Illinoisan.
Kyle believes a community is only as strong as its ability to include everyone. Having grown up as the son of a mother who ran Easter Seals across southern Illinois, Kyle learned early what real inclusion looks like — not charity, but opportunity. His childhood was spent alongside kids with disabilities at summer camps and community events, where he saw firsthand that every person can thrive when society removes the barriers that hold them back.
That experience shaped Kyle’s lifelong support for the social model of disability — the understanding that people aren’t disabled by their bodies, but by systems and environments that fail to adapt. He knows that when we build communities and policies that include people with disabilities from the start, everyone benefits — our schools, workplaces, and families grow stronger.
In Congress, Kyle will push for accessibility not as an afterthought, but as a foundation of public policy. He’ll fight to expand community-based care, accessible transportation and housing, inclusive education, and the right to live independently with dignity and support. Because when every person can participate fully, we all move forward together.
Affordable Education & Training
Real opportunity without lifelong debt.
The American Dream depends on opportunity — and opportunity depends on education. But for too many young people, higher education has become a lifetime of debt instead of a path to stability. Others who want to work with their hands or learn a trade face fewer and fewer affordable options. An educated America can lead the world once again.
Kyle believes education should open doors, not close them. He supports expanding scholarships, community college programs, apprenticeships, and on-the-job training. Students should be able to choose the path that fits their goals — college, trades, or new technology — without being buried under student loans.
Every generation deserves the chance to learn, grow, and build a future. By investing in affordable education and training, we invest in people — and that’s how we rebuild the middle class.
Fair Play & Accountability
A government that answers to the people.
Kyle believes government should work for the people — not for corporations, lobbyists, or the wealthy few. Decades of deregulation and corporate influence have allowed big companies to raise prices, crush small businesses, and leave working families footing the bill.
He’ll fight to hold corporations accountable for price gouging, strengthen and enforce wage theft and exploitation laws, stop monopolies from controlling entire industries, stand against modern slavery and demand transparency from government officials. Kyle will also push for campaign finance reform so elected leaders answer to voters, not donors.
Fair play is a simple idea with big impact: everyone should have a fair chance to succeed, no matter where they start. For Kyle, accountability isn’t partisan — it’s common sense.
— Kyle Nudo's campaign website (February 18, 2026)
Campaign finance summary
Campaign finance information for this candidate is not yet available from the Federal Election Commission. That information will be published here once it is available.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
