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Kim D. Harless

Democratic · WA · Vancouver City Council Member, Seat 1

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Kim D. Harless is a Vancouver City Council member serving in Seat 1. First elected to the council in 2021 and reelected in 2025, she works as director of community engagement and policy at the Native American Youth and Family Center and previously held environmental-stewardship roles with PaintCare and Clark County. She earned a bachelor's degree in environmental science from Washington State University Vancouver and an associate degree from Clark College.

Campaign Finance Information — Legislative District 49 - State Representative Position 1

Campaign Finance Information · Legislative District 49 - State Representative Position 1 · August 4, 2026

Data last updated July 27, 2026

Raised
$38,305
Spent
$26,033

Top disclosed occupations of direct donors

  • UNKNOWN$16,724
  • NOT EMPLOYED$8,104
  • ACCOUNTANT - CPA$1,249
  • VICE PRESIDENT$1,200
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  • ENGINEER$1,000
Direct contributions by size
  • 1000 4999$14,000
  • 250 999$15,314
  • 100 249$7,035
  • Under 100$1,956

Source: Washington PDC · 2026 cycle · my.pdc.wa.gov

Track record

Anti-Corruption

· 1 record

  • Made the motion creating a Vancouver City Council sub-quorum to examine establishing an independent ethics commission for the city; the council approved it 5-1.

    May 4, 2026For

    Source: vancouverwa.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 24, 2026

Government Efficiency

· 1 record

  • Made the motion directing the Vancouver City Council to ask the C-TRAN Board of Directors to adopt the 4-3-2 board composition plan without stipulations; the council approved it 6-1.

    December 1, 2025For

    Source: vancouverwa.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 24, 2026

Election Integrity

· 1 record

  • Made the motion adopting Resolution M-4339 Option A, which placed on the November 4, 2025 ballot a Vancouver charter amendment creating four council voting districts whose candidates are elected by district voters in both the primary and the general election plus two at-large seats; it passed 5-1 over Mayor McEnerny-Ogle's no vote, and the competing Option B resolution received no motion.

    June 9, 2025For

    Source: vancouverwa.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 24, 2026

Corporate Accountability

· 1 record

  • Cast the lone no vote on Resolution M-4198, which granted the Kirkland Tower developer a 10-month extension of its multifamily housing limited property tax exemption certificate; the council approved the extension 5-1.

    November 28, 2022For

    Source: vancouverwa.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 24, 2026

Public Infrastructure

· 1 record

  • Made the motion to approve Ordinance 4422, setting 2024 Vancouver garbage, recycling and organics collection rates that raised the typical residential customer's combined monthly bill by 9.9 percent; the council approved it unanimously.

    November 6, 2023For

    Source: vancouverwa.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 24, 2026

General

· 5 records

  • Was seated on the C-TRAN Board of Directors by agreement of the Vancouver City Council after C-TRAN expanded Vancouver's representation to four councilmembers, with Councilmember Stober named alternate.

    April 27, 2026

    Source: vancouverwa.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 24, 2026

  • Cast the lone no vote on the motion approving the Vancouver City Council's 2026-2027 C-TRAN board representatives, which the council adopted 6-1 immediately after unanimously naming her the C-TRAN alternate in place of Councilmember Stober.

    January 5, 2026

    Source: vancouverwa.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 24, 2026

  • Seconded Councilmember Fox's amendment to strike section 19.13.010, the parking payment transferability provision, from the downtown parking code ordinance; the amendment failed on a 3-3 tie and the council then adopted Ordinance M-4502 5-1.

    May 19, 2025

    Source: vancouverwa.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 24, 2026

  • Moved a successful amendment to the City of Vancouver Climate Action Plan Early Action Package striking text from paragraph 3 of the Buildings and Energy section, and moved a second successful amendment adding language to section 10.14 of City Council Policy 100-32; the council then adopted the consent agenda as amended.

    June 6, 2022

    Source: vancouverwa.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 24, 2026

  • Cast the lone no vote as a Vancouver city councilmember on Ordinance M-4368, the zoning text change allowing self-storage businesses in downtown building basements in the CX district, after questioning its street loading and unloading impacts; the council approved it 6-1.

    April 18, 2022

    Source: vancouverwa.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 24, 2026

Integrity and Ethics

· 4 records

  • The Vancouver City Council voted 5-1 with one abstention to adopt written findings, conclusions and sanctions concluding that a preponderance of the evidence showed a violation of the City Council Code of Ethics occurred in the complaint against her; she recused herself and left the chambers for the item and the vote.

    December 8, 2025

    Source: vancouverwa.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 24, 2026

  • Washington Public Disclosure Commission staff closed enforcement case 175934 against her with a written warning, finding that a violation of the contribution and expenditure reporting rules and of the political advertising sponsor identification requirement on her campaign website was minor and had been cured.

    October 8, 2025

    Source: pdc.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • The Vancouver City Council voted 5-0 to refer an ethics complaint against her to a hearings examiner for investigation and voted 5-0 to remove her from the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee until the ethics matter concluded; she addressed the complaint and then left the council chambers for the votes.

    October 6, 2025

    Source: vancouverwa.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 24, 2026

  • Washington Public Disclosure Commission staff closed enforcement case 169783 against her with a reminder, having determined she appeared to have violated RCW 42.17A.235 and .240 by failing to timely and accurately file monetary contribution (C-3) reports during the 2025 election while dismissing the complaint as not warranting further proceedings.

    June 3, 2025

    Source: pdc.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

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Profile last researched July 23, 2026.