Ridge Knapp
Ridge Knapp (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 13. He is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on March 17, 2026.[source]
Knapp completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ridge Knapp earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago in 2020 and a graduate degree from the University of Chicago in 2021. His career experience includes working as a data analyst.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 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.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 13
Adam Braun (D), Ridge Knapp (D), Sunjay Kumar (D), James O'Brien (D), and Demi Palecek (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 13 on March 17, 2026.
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Republican primary
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 13
Terry Le (R) is running in the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 13 on March 17, 2026.
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Ridge Knapp completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Knapp's responses.
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Whether it was his time organizing on campus at the University of Chicago during the first Trump administration, his work as a data integration analyst for Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, or the tens of thousands of doors he has knocked for progressives and Democratic candidates, Ridge is a tireless fighter for our community.
As a renter, Ridge has lived all across the 13th District, first in Uptown and now in Ravenswood, and he understands the challenges that our communities are facing. Rents are going up, Big Tech and their data centers are causing our electricity bills to spike, ICE is terrorizing our community, and our neighbors experiencing homelessness are not getting the support they need. He is running on a message of affordability, accessibility, and justice, and the need to future-proof our state against AI and the climate crisis.
If elected, Ridge would be the youngest state representative in Chicago and the youngest Democratic state representative in Illinois -- he's ready to bring a new generation's perspective to Springfield.- We must pass a graduated income tax in the state of Illinois, to both provide tax relief to those feeling the crush of increasing prices and make it so the super rich pay their fair share.
- We must ensure that funding for homelessness services is not cut - as it was in the last state budget - but increased. Our community faces a crisis, with more than 2x the number of Chicagoans facing homelessness now than just five years ago. After trying to help my dad as he struggled with homelessness himself, I will not allow the state to ignore this issue.
- We must make it easier to build more housing across the state of Illinois and address our housing crisis head-on. This means legalizing ADUs and missing-middle housing statewide, targeted grants to improve outdated P&Z processes statewide, and holding big corporations and private equity accountable when they treat our city like a Monopoly board.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 5, 2026
