Who’s running for Mayor, Commission, School board in Dayton in 2025

Full disclosure: I’ve done political work for Fairchild, Turner-Sloss, Wortham, Duncan in the past. I’ve done private work for Wick.

This year, Mayor Mims is going to be facing competition in his re-election efforts, and even though he already has his two guaranteed votes from yes-men Commissioners Matt Joseph and Chris Shaw, he’s looking to get rid of at least Shenise Turner Sloss or Darryl Fairchild by running School Board member Karen Wick.

Turner-Sloss and Fairchild think they can’t do anything because they only have 2 votes- to which I say horsefeathers, because as a minority- you put things on the agenda- and record your opposition voting it down so that you can call them on it at election time.

The Board of Elections used to have a list of people who’ve pulled petitions that was easy to find- now it’s buried on this page https://www.montgomery.boe.ohio.gov/ – and here is the link to the pulled petitions. and also used to provide Dayton petitions- but don’t do either on their “new site” which was built by “The Wilderness Agency” as part of the John Theobald criminal activity that went un-punished.

CITY COMMISSION

Wick’s willing to put her own money (She owns Coco’s Bistro) up to fund her run, and undoubtedly will get establishment support. She ran on the slate with Dem Party Chair Mohamed Al-Hamdani way back in 2017 for her first term on the School Board. She finished third behind Reverend William Harris and upstart Jocelyn Rhynard. Al-Hamdani just barely edged out their fourth slate buddy, Paul Bradley who has had cushy government jobs his whole life- first working for Sherrod Brown and then working for Karl Keith in the auditors office and now as Executive Director at Montgomery County Land Bank.

Nick Brusky 6 Brighton St. is supposedly running as well for City Commission. A republican who recently worked in the Board of Elections office in a patronage job, has some prior political experience. He last served as a Harrison Butler TWP trustee Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 before leaving for a Fed job at the USDA as a reward for working on the 2016 Trump campaign. He also served as an at large Councilmen for the City of Amherst from Jan 2002 – Jan 2009.

Brusky drops out Jan 13, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/nbrusky/videos/611886764663078

Michael White 237 E. First St. (I can’t tell you more) has pulled petitions. Works at CareSource as a “Enterprise QI Advisor II” More coming.

Archibald Magee, used to be called Arch Grieve, and used to teach at the Dayton STEM school, where he claims that David Lawrence, during his one year stint there, permanently traumatized him. He’s also served on the Xenia School Board. Why he changed his name is a good first question.

There are multiple websites for him:

• https://arch-grieve.wixsite.com/myportfolio
• The Dayton Conflict Coach (Arch) on Facebook
• This one which defies description: Gem City Dudeist Priest where he talks about his bipolar disorder book, offers drum lessons, t-shirts, podcasts and more, more, more! The Dudeist Priest thing is explained “a reference to the fact that I am a follower of Dudeism (a “religion” based on the movie The Big Lebowski”)”

Word on the street is that he now has a contract with Dayton Public Schools- and had sent an apology letter to Dr. Lawrence a few months back. I can’t find it- and they aren’t quick at getting back to me (because I ask for too many public records requ

I can also tell you that crazy Valerie Duncan has been collecting signatures for Commission as well. She has a Facebook page here. Obviously, Fairchild and Turner-Sloss are circulating as well.

It’s too early to predict who else will get on the ballot- remember the City of Dayton Petitions are a hot mess- the BOE has already told them that they need to change their charter for the dates to count, and the BOE routinely rejects anywhere from 20% to over 50% of the signatures collected on this form. The City petitions require a “nominating committee” that has zero power (the William Pace petition rejection) and requires notarized signatures and candidate signatures- and 10x the signatures of running for Congress as a D or R (500 vs 50).

Many people say they are going to run, turn in petitions and get kicked out. Just never a party candidate.

For Mayor

Jeff Mims is going to have some primary competition.

Supposedly Jordan Wortham is going to make another run – this time for Mayor, and a UD Law school student, Curtis Stratton and Archibald Magee have also taken out petitions.

Wortham hasn’t updated his website yet- and still says he’s running for County Commission.

Stratton has a website and was going to announce today on the Courthouse steps at 5pm- but has postponed till Friday. His “platform” seems pretty lackluster, but you can read for yourself on his site.

The real question is why Fairchild and Sloss haven’t been able to find and support a challenger to Mims in the last 4 years, and why they haven’t been able to find someone to at least beat Shaw.

School Board

Dayton School board will be interesting- but those petitions aren’t due until August. There you need 300 valid signatures- but you can use competent state forms- and can circulate multiple candidates on one petition.

This year the following seats are up: Wick, Joe Lacey, Jocelyn Rhynard and Chrisondra Goodwine. At this point, the only vacant seat is Wick- and she could run again if she gets knocked out of the Commission primary (unlikely). None of these people have a good record- having hired Libby Lolli- and given her raises, despite her wave of destruction on the district.

This is the most dysfunctional government body in Montgomery County- and voters could change the balance of power by electing four new candidates to take office in Jan of 2026.

Although Lacey has mellowed, for the sanity of everyone, this is your chance to vote the most disruptive and questionably criminal (hoodiegate among other things) off the board- Chrisondra Goodwine.

I’m guessing Dr. Ken Hayes will try for his third time to run. I have heard some others contemplating it, if you are thinking of running you should reach out to me.

If you want to run for Dayton City Commission or Mayor, you can get your petition forms from me, or by calling the clerk of commission. You have until 4pm on Mar 7, 2025 to turn in your forms for Mayor or City Commision at the Board of Elections office in the basement of the County Building.