Chris Vance has been a Washington State leader in politics and public policy for over 30 years. Vance is a former State Representative, King County Councilmember, Chairman of the Washington state Republican Party, and US Senate nominee in 2016. Vance now serves as the Communications and External Affairs Manager in the King County Assessor’s office, teaches part time as an adjunct professor at the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, and is a Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center.