Dayton City Commission Campaigns
Esrati's campaign style is based on Web 2.0 technology which results in competitive turnouts for significantly less spending than traditional campaigners. Esrati has run unsuccessfully for City Commission six times (beginning in the early 1990s), from which he said he's "learned a lot".
Esrati first sought a nomination in the Dayton Mayoral race of 1993, which Mike Turner, his prospective congressional opponent in 2010, won over Clay Dixon. This election was notable because of the physical confrontation between Esrati and Dixon which some say marked the end of Dixon's political career.
He received 21% of the vote in the 2009 race for City Commission.
Esrati's campaigns at the local level have focused on good governance, transparency and protection of civil rights. For instance, on the Dayton's employee residency rule, he stated "The real issue is that people should want to live in Dayton because of the things we do right, not because we want to limit the rights of our employees." He recommended pay-cuts for elected officials rather than city employee wage freezes in the face of Dayton's looming structural budget deficit.
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