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Kevin Dahl
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Candidate, Tucson City Council Ward 3

Tucson City Council Ward 3
Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

3

Predecessor
Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 2, 2021

Next election

November 4, 2025

Education

Bachelor's

Prescott College, 1990

Personal
Birthplace
District of Columbia
Profession
Program manager
Contact

Kevin Dahl (Democratic Party) is a member of the Tucson City Council in Arizona, representing Ward 3. He assumed office on December 6, 2021. His current term ends on December 1, 2025.

Dahl (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Tucson City Council to represent Ward 3 in Arizona. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. He advanced from the Democratic primary on August 5, 2025.

Biography

Kevin Dahl was born in the District of Columbia. He graduated from Prescott College in 1990. His professional experience includes working as an Arizona program manager for the National Parks Conservation Association and adjunct faculty at Prescott College.[1]

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in Tucson, Arizona (2025)

General election

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General election for Tucson City Council Ward 3

Incumbent Kevin Dahl and Janet Wittenbraker are running in the general election for Tucson City Council Ward 3 on November 4, 2025.

Candidate
Image of Kevin Dahl
Kevin Dahl (D)
Image of Janet Wittenbraker
Janet Wittenbraker (R)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tucson City Council Ward 3

Incumbent Kevin Dahl defeated Sadie Shaw in the Democratic primary for Tucson City Council Ward 3 on August 5, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kevin Dahl
Kevin Dahl
 
50.0
 
3,296
Image of Sadie Shaw
Sadie Shaw Candidate Connection
 
49.7
 
3,277
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
20

Total votes: 6,593
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tucson City Council Ward 3

Janet Wittenbraker advanced from the Republican primary for Tucson City Council Ward 3 on August 5, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Janet Wittenbraker
Janet Wittenbraker
 
97.7
 
1,513
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.3
 
36

Total votes: 1,549
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2021

See also: City elections in Tucson, Arizona (2021)

General election

General election for Tucson City Council Ward 3

Kevin Dahl defeated Alan Harwell Jr. and Lucy Libosha in the general election for Tucson City Council Ward 3 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kevin Dahl
Kevin Dahl (D) Candidate Connection
 
57.1
 
50,058
Image of Alan Harwell Jr.
Alan Harwell Jr. (R) Candidate Connection
 
29.9
 
26,244
Image of Lucy Libosha
Lucy Libosha (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
12.8
 
11,217
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
117

Total votes: 87,636
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tucson City Council Ward 3

Kevin Dahl defeated Juan Padres in the Democratic primary for Tucson City Council Ward 3 on August 3, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kevin Dahl
Kevin Dahl Candidate Connection
 
60.5
 
4,031
Image of Juan Padres
Juan Padres
 
38.8
 
2,587
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
44

Total votes: 6,662
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tucson City Council Ward 3

Alan Harwell Jr. advanced from the Republican primary for Tucson City Council Ward 3 on August 3, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Alan Harwell Jr.
Alan Harwell Jr. (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
55.6
 
405
 Other/Write-in votes
 
44.4
 
323

Total votes: 728
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Campaign themes

2025

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2021

Candidate Connection

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I am a longtime conservation leader who has dedicated my career to protecting and improving the community. Raised in Arizona, I am the product of public schools. Starting with an active ecology club in high school I began a lifetime of environmental work, including fighting climate change. Today, I am the Arizona Senior Program Manager at the National Parks Conservation Association where I work to protect our national parks and lands. My family have called Tucson home for 38 years. My wife Bam Miller is a retired TUSD Special Education teacher and neighborhood association president; and my son Brian Dahl is #TheGuyWhoDancesOnCongress. I am running to ensure our city remains a vibrant, healthy, and safe community for everyone to call home.
  • Climate Change - Tucson must go all out to reduce carbon emissions while doing adaptation and mitigation for our most vulnerable residents.
  • Water Security - With a mega-drought threatening our allotment from the Colorado River, and PFAs and other toxics polluting our aquifer, planning for clean, affordable water is essential.
  • We must plan and implement a 21st Century transportation system that includes repairing neighborhood roads, safer opportunities for bicyclists and pedestrians, and much more public transit.
U.S. Congressman Raul Grijalva, a longtime Tucson leader who has served on the School Board, as a County Supervisor, and for years in U.S. Congress. From I have learned to make connections between environmental issues and he vulnerable, underserved communities they most strongly impact. A tireless and thoughtful advocate for helping people and the planet, Congressman Grijalva exemplifies leadership as service.
A City Council member must work collaboratively and not care who gets credit for good projects. They must empower members of the public to engage in the political process. They should work with transparency and be accessible to those they represent. They must do their homework, and look at new information objectively before helping to make policy decisions.
I would like to help keep Tucson the vibrant community and a great place for everyone to live. This would include enough affordable, clean water, a sustainable transportation system, and more trees, parks, and vegetation in a city that is fighting climate change and helping people adapt and mitigate to what it will bring us.
Dalva by Jim Harrison. The great American novelist, Harrison lived part of his life in southern Arizona, where many of his later novels are set. But this one is a masterpiece, exploring issues of love and healing from the historical trauma of how settlers fought with Native Americans in Plains. His writing is poetic and delightful.
The ward office can help residents get results when they have a problem or concern with other departments of the city.
Yes, to some degree. It is very beneficial that the office holder understand how government works, and how to work collaboratively within the city and outside with all manner of stakeholders.
How to make their views and concerns known, and more importantly know how to listen to others. How to work with others in meetings, how to collaborate. An ability and willingness to dig into problems, seek out information and research and know how to analyze it, and how to ask questions would serve a holder of this office well.

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 22, 2021

Political offices
Preceded by
Karin Uhlich (D)
Tucson City Council Ward 3
2021-Present
Succeeded by
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