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Mark Owens serves as the chair of the Montgomery County Democratic Party. The party endorsed two candidates for Dayton city commissioner and one candidate for mayor.
WYSO's Mawa Iqbal sits down with chair of the Montgomery County Democratic Party to talk about the city commissioner race.
There are seven candidates running for two open Dayton city commissioner seats. According to local Democratic Party officials, Dayton hasn’t seen a race this crowded in 30 years.
Commissioner Darryl Fairchild is the only incumbent in the race. He’s served for three years.
The other candidates are: Stacey Benson-Taylor, Valerie Duncan, Jared Grandy, Scott Sliver, Shenise Turner-Sloss and Jordan Wortham.