YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - The two men running for Youngstown mayor had the chance to spread their respective messages Wednesday afternoon.

Youngstown Mayor Tito Brown and challenger Derrick McDowell shook hands and then explained why each deserves to be elected next month.

"Eight years balanced budget. Four years, I believe, we are going to have a state clean audit. We've raised the credit score in the city of Youngstown. That had not happened in decades," Brown said.

But the man who'd like to become the city's next mayor says the race comes down to accountability.

"A deeper accountability that goes beyond just the normal politics and mincing words about how projects have gone in our community," McDowell said.

Both men answered questions over the lunch hour before members of the Young

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