June 9, 2025, Vancouver, British Columbia
From manager to rival: Kareem Allam eyes Ken Sim’s job in 2026 election
Excerpt from The Breaker. Read the full article here:
The political strategist who was instrumental in putting Ken Sim in the Vancouver mayor’s chair is thinking about unseating him.
Kareem Allam managed the campaign for Sim’s ABC Vancouver party when it swept to power on city council, park board and school board in the 2022 election. Allam was also Sim’s first chief of staff, until early 2023.
He told theBreaker.news on June 9 that he was approached by a committee exploring alternatives to Sim. Allam said he was registering with Elections BC and opening a bank account to begin fundraising.
“I do want the job and I’m ready for it,” Allam said. “I’ve spent a large part of my career in public service, whether as a bureaucrat, whether as a political staffer.”
