The Capitol City’s five official mayoral candidates gathered on Tuesday to air their differences before a live audience, making their case on massive issues like downtown’s shaky future and immigrant protections, as well as the literal nuts and bolts of city leadership.

The forum, the second in 24 hours as the campaigns hit their race pace, featured incumbent Mayor Melvin Carter, his most-prominent challenger, DFL state Rep. Kaohly Her, along with Yan Chen, Adam Dullinger and Mike Hilborn.

In a statement ahead of the forum, ThaoMee Xiong of the Coalition of Asian American Leaders said the event was a chance for the candidates to speak directly to the communities of color that make up a near-majority of St. Paul’s population. Xiong’s coalition led the forum in partnership with the African

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