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Ridge Knapp
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candidate for state house in Illinois' ☘️lucky☘️ 13th data analyst & rowing coach @RidgeKnapp/@ridgefor13 on most socials
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Hey all! We're in the home stretch when it comes to petition season, and we're going all out. Join my team for a shift this week to help us collect signatures and get on the ballot? forms.gle/6kHKk3m8aqXF...
I joined folks at my neighborhood school's watch yesterday. It's easy, it's organized, and it keeps us safe.

Want to help our communities feel just a little safer? See if a group near you is organizing an 🧊 watch - very likely, they are, and the more eyes (and whistles) the better.
⚠️Major ICE presence in Uptown, Edgewater, Lincoln Square, Albany Park today⚠️

Per Uptown/Edgewater Rapid Response Team on Instagram:

Silver Dodge Durango, CA 8Z0J489
Black Kia, 322886
Chevy Tahoe, CA 6SAZ067
Nissan Armada, LCZM76
White Chevy, EAO4638
Black Wagoneer, LPN 229242
Thanks to everyone who joined us to knock doors & collect signatures this weekend!

We've only got SIX more days to make the ballot. I'll be out knocking doors every day this week across the ☘️lucky☘️ 13th -- want to join? Check out ridgefor13.com / DM me for more info :)
Our campaign is built on grassroots donors -- we raised the most small dollar donations of ANY candidate in this race, and it wasn't close:
Campaign update! I'm so proud to announce our campaign for the 13th District raised over $43,000 in the third quarter from over 350 donors, with donors from every ward in the district.

I'm honored by the belief folks have in our campaign to make Chicago a better place; I hope you'll join us :)
I had such a great time chatting with voters at Apple Fest last weekend in Lincoln Square! Folks are fired up and ready to hear about how Springfield can stand up to the Trump administration and make life better for every Chicagoan.

Want to get involved? Sign up here: www.ridgefor13.com/volunteer
Hello friends! TODAY is our campaign's first official fundraising deadline -- as you are able, I hope you'll donate a few dollars towards our campaign to make Chicago & Illinois more affordable, accessible, and just: secure.actblue.com/donate/ridge...
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🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL
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This game has a 100.00% chance of ending in Scorigami.
Great meeting last night from the 19th District Police Council, and a great example of how good data leads to good policy - did you know 10% of all 911 calls are about parking enforcement? Our councillors are working to move the response from CPD to the City Dept of Finance (1/2)
And that (along with a million other reasons) is why I'm running for state representative. To make Chicago & Illinois a more affordable, accessible, and just city and state - for everyone.
We need people in office who understand the physical impacts of the digital world, whether that is on climate, on energy bills, on gig workers, or on people of my and younger generations. We need renters, we need people who know what's cheapest at which grocery stores. (4/x)
I'll bring down energy bills by bringing more clean energy onto our power grid, and making sure folks like you and me aren't bidding against massive power drains like AI data centers. (3/x)
In Springfield, I'll take on corporate landlords who rise rates with impunity. As a renter, I've experienced having to move when my rents were increased well beyond what I could afford. We cannot continue to limit our renter protections based on laws signed before I was born (2/x)
Chicago is already facing down this affordability crisis. Rising rents are forcing folks out of their neighborhoods, energy bills are increasing unchecked thanks both to ComEd and new AI data centers drawing from the power grid, and grocery prices keep rising. (1/x)
When big business and corporations try to screw over working Chicagoans, this is the response we need our elected officials to deliver.

We need folks in Springfield who will hold those like Manoj Prasad accountable, and make sure a situation like that at Weiss never happens again in our community.
Lawmakers blocked $4 million in grants from the partially closed Weiss Hospital and demanded repairs. blockclubchi.co/4gCAMnp
My mom first came to the US on an H-1B in the '90s -- if this policy had been in place, I very likely would not be here.
Trump signs an EO on H-1Bs raising "the fee that companies pay to sponsor H1-B applicants to $100,000"
When I first started rowing in Chicago, we kept our gear in a shipping container in a gravel pit - now, thanks to those who believed in a better future, I have the pleasure of coaching the next generation of Chicagoans (plus our adult competitive team) out of the incredible Park 571:
Bridgeport’s formerly polluted riverfront park is now thriving and could be expanded. blockclubchi.co/466bxpR
Happy National Voter Registration Day! Register - or make sure you're registered - at www.iwillvote.com.

I've spent my life organizing for Democrats, and working to advance progressive values - and so much of those successes hinge on folks getting out and voting. A quote I shared back in 2018:
So appreciative of the folks who came out to volunteer this weekend! We've knocked thousands of doors, collected hundreds and hundreds of signatures, and shared our message of a positive, progressive future all across the ☘️lucky☘️ 13th District.
A pleasure to join @aldermanmattmartin.bsky.social & @andrefor40th.bsky.social for the annual 47th Ward community bike ride on Friday! No better way to spend an evening than biking the neighborhood & hearing about how good government can materially improve folks' lives :)
Interested in learning more about my campaign & helping me get on the ballot? Join us for our first official Day of Action this Saturday!

RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/friendsofrid...