DULUTH — Candidates for the open at large seats on the Duluth City Council met at a forum Monday to share their positions ahead of the Nov. 4 election.

Two of the race’s four candidates — Asher Estrin-Haire, Jordon Johnson, Derek Medved and incumbent Terese Tomanek — will be elected to the open at large seats in the general election.

Estrin-Haire, the owner of Stitch Craft Quilt Factory in the Lakeside neighborhood, did not participate in the forum and cited a work conflict.

Johnson, of downtown Duluth, is the associate director of the American Indian Community Housing Organization, a board member at the Center for Alcohol and Drug Treatment and a former executive director of Life House.

Medved, of Gary-New Duluth, was elected to an at large seat in 2019, but stepped down halfway throu

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