Neal Black (Kirkland City Council Position 5, Washington, candidate 2025)
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Neal Black is running for election to the Kirkland City Council Position 5 in Washington. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.[source]
Black completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Neal Black provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on September 12, 2025:
- Birth date: August 29, 1972
- Birth place: Adak Island, Alaska
- High school: Crook County High School (Prineville, Oregon)
- Bachelor's: Stanford Univesity, 1994
- J.D.: Georgetown University Law School, 1998
- Gender: Male
- Profession: Lawyer
- Prior offices held:
- Kirkland City Councilmember (2019-Prsnt)
- Houghton Community Councilmember (2018-2019)
- Incumbent officeholder: Yes
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Elections
General election
The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.
General election for Kirkland City Council Position 5
Neal Black and Ken MacKenzie are running in the general election for Kirkland City Council Position 5 on November 4, 2025.
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Election results
Endorsements
Black received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Black's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. To send us additional endorsements, click here.
- Legis. District 1, Wash., Democratic Party
- Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates of Washington
- Washington Conservation Action
Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Neal Black completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Black's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Neal has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford University and a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University. He’s a licensed member of the bar in Washington and Oregon. He has taught intellectual property and business law courses, as an adjunct professor and part-time lecturer, at the UW School of Law, Seattle University School of Law, and the Seattle University Albers School of Business and Economics.
For over 15 years, Neal has been a partner at the law firm Phinney Black, where he advises business clients in the software technology and interactive entertainment software industries.
Neal is dedicated to community service. From 2014 to 2019, he was the chair of the Public Policy Committee of the King County Bar Association, where he is now a member of the Board. He is also a member of the Board of the Pacific Science Center. From 2007 to 2009, he was a member of the Board of Washington Ceasefire. Recently, Neal was appointed by the King County Executive to the Board of the King County Housing Authority. As a student, he interned in the White House Office of Environmental Policy.- Fostering a Complete Community: Neal is dedicated to a vibrant Kirkland that is affordable and welcoming. His vision for Kirkland is a complete community, where everyone who is a part of the community – including teachers, health-care workers, first-responders, small-business owners, long-time residents wanting to age in place, and young adults wanting to return – can afford to call Kirkland home. Neal wants more people living where they work and working where they live – in vibrant, sustainable, and walkable neighborhoods.
- Carefully Planning for Growth: Neal understands that a complete community in Kirkland requires careful, responsible planning. He will continue to emphasize growth in and near Kirkland’s existing neighborhood centers, where people can walk, bike, and roll to nearby services, jobs, and amenities. He also understands that, as Kirkland grows, it has to commit to new and improved infrastructure that keeps up with its growth, including parks, trails, open space, recreation facilities, schools, and transportation options that are cleaner, greener, and reduce congestion.
- Ensuring a Community that is Safe for All: Neal will remain dedicated to a community that is safe for all. He’s proud to have helped launch the region’s first multi-jurisdictional Community Responder Agency, lay the groundwork for the opening of the region’s first 24/7 no-wrong-door Crisis Care Clinic, invest in Washington’s finest Police Officers, Fire Fighters, and EMTs, approve one of the region’s first Gun Buy-Back programs, increase Human Services Funding for community partners, create Kirkland’s first Community Court, and fund Kirkland’s first Homelessness Outreach Coordinator.
Fiscal responsibility
Community-based behavioral health
Teen and youth mental health
Suicide prevention
Domestic violence prevention
Gun violence prevention
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Other survey responses
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
