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Kim D. Harless (Vancouver City Council Position 1, Washington, candidate 2025)
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Kim D. Harless is running for election to the Vancouver City Council Position 1 in Washington. Harless is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.[source] Harless was on the ballot in the primary on August 5, 2025.[source]
Harless completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Kim D. Harless provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on July 8, 2025:
- High school: Heritage
- Bachelor's: Washington State University
- Associate: Clark College
- Profession: Nonprofit Management
- Prior offices held:
- Vancouver City Council (2022-Prsnt)
- Clark County Charter Review Commission (2021-2021)
- Incumbent officeholder: Yes
- Campaign website
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Elections
General election
General election for Vancouver City Council Position 1
Pooneh Gray and Kim D. Harless are running in the general election for Vancouver City Council Position 1 on November 4, 2025.
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Vancouver City Council Position 1
Pooneh Gray, Kim D. Harless, and Ron Willis ran in the primary for Vancouver City Council Position 1 on August 5, 2025.
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Election results
Endorsements
Harless received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Harless's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. To send us additional endorsements, click here.
Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kim D. Harless completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Harless' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I am from Vancouver and this city helped shape who I am. My entire personal and professional life is and has been rooted in public service to our community. I believe in the importance of voting and civic engagement and seek to center affected communities in my representation of city residents. I am a representative of a number of communities whose voices are traditionally left out of politics, including being the only member of the Millennial generation on Vancouver’s 7-member city council, only one with Native heritage, and one of two 2SLGBTQIA+. I am working to create a Vancouver where all residents are not only surviving but thriving.
- Since I was elected to Vancouver city council in 2021, Vancouver has shown remarkable success, and I want to continue that work. In addressing housing affordability and homelessness, Vancouver has increased funding for housing affordability, opened three ‘Safe Stay’ centers for people transitioning from living outdoors to housing, and have finalized plans for opening up a new shelter in 2026 to have capacity for all who are unhoused wanting shelter. Vancouver has also had a balanced budget since I was first elected in 2021, navigating rising costs while maintaining levels of service, and also passed the Climate Framework Framework which includes the ambitious goal of carbon neutrality by 2040.
- I am recognized as an effective leader and endorsed for re-election by an overwhelming number of community organizations representing public safety, housing affordability, labor rights, personal choice, environmental sustainability, thriving democracy, political representation, and more, as well as community leaders such as local elected officials and nonprofit leaders, and hundreds of my neighbors and community members. The overwhelming consensus in our community is that I am the right choice to continue to lead as councilmember of the Vancouver city council.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
Other survey responses
Ballotpedia identified the following surveys, interviews, and questionnaires Harless completed for other organizations. If you are aware of a link that should be added, email us.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
