From left to right, Nikki Budzinski, David Palmer, Regan Deering and Terry Martin participate in a candidate forum at Faith Coalition for the Common Good in Springfield on Tuesday. [Facebook/Faith Coalition for the Common Good] 

Voters in central Illinois’ 13th Congressional District have new faces to choose from in this year’s election following this last year’s redistricting process and are faced with competitive primaries in both parties.

On the Democratic side, voters will choose between former adviser to Gov. JB Pritzker and White House Office of Management and Budget Chief of Staff Nikki Budzinski and Champaign community organizer David Palmer. On the Republican side are Decatur small business owner Regan Deering, former journalist Terry Martin, engineer Matt Hausman, and nonprofit founder Jesse Reising of Decatur.