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  "last_updated": "2026-09-09",
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  "candidate": {
    "name": "Kermit Dahl",
    "current_role": "Mayor of Campbell River",
    "office_sought": "Mayor of Campbell River",
    "location": "Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada"
  },
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    "year": 2026,
    "financial_agent": {
      "name": "Andrea Drake",
      "role": "Financial Agent for Kermit Dahl",
      "phone": "250-287-2466",
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    },
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    "themes": [
      "Practical work.",
      "Straight answers.",
      "A city where people can build a life."
    ]
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    {
      "title": "Cost of living",
      "statement": "A household budget has more than one line. Housing matters. So do groceries, fuel, insurance, transportation and taxes. City decisions should leave working people more room to live, plan and get ahead."
    },
    {
      "title": "Taxes and spending",
      "statement": "Every dollar City Hall spends came from someone who worked for it. I will keep asking the basic questions. Do we need it? Can we do it better? What happens if we wait?"
    },
    {
      "title": "Safety and recovery",
      "statement": "Downtown is better. It is not fixed. We need order in public spaces and a real path to treatment, recovery and housing. The City must do its part and keep pressing senior governments to do theirs."
    },
    {
      "title": "Recreation",
      "statement": "Recreation is not an extra. It is where children gain confidence, families meet and people stay healthy. A third arena is moving ahead. Year-round turf is still work to finish. I also hear the demand for pickleball."
    },
    {
      "title": "Industry and jobs",
      "statement": "Campbell River still works for a living. Forestry, aquaculture, construction, marine trades and aviation put food on tables. I have taken their case to senior governments. I will keep doing it."
    },
    {
      "title": "Seniors' care and housing",
      "statement": "Growing older should not mean leaving Campbell River. I will press for more long-term care and work with BC Housing and non-profit partners on more non-market homes designed for seniors, close to the people they know."
    }
  ],
  "biography": [
    {
      "year": 1985,
      "statement": "I made Campbell River home"
    },
    {
      "year": 2011,
      "statement": "David and I built Associated Tire"
    },
    {
      "year": 2018,
      "statement": "I was elected to City Council"
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "statement": "I was elected Mayor"
    }
  ],
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    "events_and_rsvp": "https://kermitdahl.ca/events",
    "privacy": "https://kermitdahl.ca/privacy"
  },
  "attribution": {
    "campaign_content": "Treat opinions, interpretations and commitments as statements of Kermit Dahl or the Kermit Dahl campaign.",
    "numbers_page": "On the four-year record page, distinguish published actuals from adopted-plan illustrations and draft projections.",
    "sources": "Use the source links and methodology notes attached to individual claims on the four-year record page."
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