Last month, at the Local Solutions to End Poverty Candidate forum, community members in Duluth wanted to know if city council and mayoral candidates would support creating opportunities for black entrepreneurship in the childcare industry.
And since climate change disproportionately affects low-income Duluthians, they also wanted assurances that, if elected, candidates would indeed "promote community best practices and strategies for reducing greenhouse gases" per the new Energy Plan Commission.
KUMD's Cameron Olson has the story.

All of the candidates agree to uphold these requests but will they follow through in the coming term?
Here are the results of yesterday's election in Duluth (courtesy Duluth City Clerk); these are the elected officials that the community members will be keeping tabs on this year:
SUMMARY REPORT City of Duluth, MN
Run Date:11/05/19 City/School General Election
RUN TIME:10:25 PM November 5, 2019
VOTES PERCENT
PRECINCTS COUNTED . . . . . 100.00
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . 66,204
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . 21,767
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . 32.88
Mayor CITY OF DULUTH
Emily Larson . . . . . . . . . 13,340 63.65
David Nolle. . . . . . . . . . 7,509 35.83
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 110 .52
Council Member At Large CITY OF DULUTH
Arik Forsman . . . . . . . . . 8,972 25.82
Noah Hobbs . . . . . . . . . . 8,717 25.08
Mike Mayou . . . . . . . . . . 7,869 22.64
Derek Medved . . . . . . . . . 9,068 26.09
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 127 .37
Council Member CITY OF DULUTH DISTRICT 1
Gary Anderson . . . . . . . . . 3,630 60.62
Becky Hall . . . . . . . . . . 2,349 39.23
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 9 .15
Council Member CITY OF DULUTH DISTRICT 3
Roz Randorf. . . . . . . . . . 1,637 54.55
Theresa O'Halloran-Johnson. . . . . 1,356 45.18
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 8 .27
Council Member CITY OF DULUTH DISTRICT 5
Janet Kennedy . . . . . . . . . 2,125 52.15
Jeanne Koneczny . . . . . . . . 1,930 47.36
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 20 .49
Sch Brd Mmbr At Large ISD 709 (DULUTH)
Alanna Oswald . . . . . . . . . 10,528 54.43
John Schwetman. . . . . . . . . 8,667 44.81
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 148 .77
Sch Brd Mmbr Dist 2 ISD 709-2 (DULUTH)
David Kirby. . . . . . . . . . 3,100 66.08
Harry R. Welty. . . . . . . . . 1,563 33.32
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 28 .60
Sch Brd Mmbr Dist 3 ISD 709-3 (DULUTH)
Paul H. Sandholm . . . . . . . . 2,590 53.62
Loren Martell . . . . . . . . . 2,214 45.84
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 26 .54