As the only candidate running for Port of Vancouver commissioner this fall, former Clark County Councilor Temple Lentz aims to bring her experience in transportation policy to the role.

Lentz, president and CEO at The Historic Trust , filed to run in May for the port position. She is seeking to replace retiring port Commissioner Jack Burkman in District 3, which covers central and southeast Vancouver.

The Port of Vancouver, Lentz said, is one of the region’s largest economic drivers, and she wants to support that work as a commissioner.

“Washington, being one of the most freight-dependent states in the nation, really relies on all of its ports for so much of our state’s economic stability,” Lentz said. “The fact that we have such an important piece of that infrastructure here in Vanco

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