Two Camas city councilors are facing challengers in the Nov. 4 election.

Marilyn Boerke, a city councilor since 2021 , is seeking another term in the Ward 1, Position 2 seat, contested by Geoerl Niles, a pastor and member of the city’s planning commission. Leslie Lewallen, who also joined the council in 2021 , is running for reelection to her Ward 3, Position 2 seat, which is also being sought by Mahsa Eshghi, a civil engineer and member of the city’s planning commission.

Candidates say the biggest issues the city is currently facing are the future of the Camas-Washougal Fire Department and the creation of a regional fire authority, which voters rejected in April and will vote on again on Nov. 4; public safety; housing shortages; affordability and excessive taxation; and infrastructu

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