Ruth Cruz

Running for this seat

• Filed with the election office: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, October 30, 2026

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Background

Chicago alderperson, 30th Ward

30th Ward alderperson since May 2023. Born in Mexico and raised on Chicago's Northwest Side from age seven; graduated from Carl Schurz High School and holds a bachelor's in business administration and a master's in management. Previously worked as a director of college admissions at Robert Morris University and Roosevelt University, and volunteered with the 30th Ward office, the Avondale restorative justice court and the Foreman College and Career Academy Local School Council. Vice chair of the Committee on Traffic and Pedestrian Safety.

Holds this office now.

Left–right placement

No published research score covers Ruth Cruz yet, so we don't place them on the spectrum.

Links

• Campaign site

Sources

• 30thward.org/about/alderwoman-cruz
• cboeprod.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/prod/2026-10/Candidate%20List_202