by Alexander Sharp | Oct 11, 2021 | Investigative Reporting, News & Investigations
Note: We apologize for the lack of content recently. We have been quite busy behind the scenes doing research and advocating for public policy. If you would like to receive updates when we publish new content please subscribe at the bottom of the page. The Meeting...
by Alexander Sharp | Aug 11, 2021 | Commentary, News & Investigations
On Tuesday, Ohio held a couple of special elections that have attracted quite a bit of national interest. Progressive heartthrob Nina Turner lost to Shontel Brown in a primary for the 11th Congressional District and Trump-backed conservative Mike Carey emerged...
by Alexander Sharp | Aug 2, 2021 | Data & Research, Montgomery County Research
From 2009–2016, several community leaders worked to bring regionalism to the Dayton area to make the region more economically competitve and to help make development more strategic. The tactic they settled on was a city-county merger that would also merge some major...
by Alexander Sharp | Jul 8, 2021 | Campaign Finance Reports, Data & Research
Shenise Turner-Sloss is running for the Dayton City Commission. This is her third time running after finishing 4th in 2017 and 3rd in 2019. In the 2021 primary she finished in 1st place and appears to have built up a strong grassroots coalition. Items of note: This is...
by Alexander Sharp | Jun 24, 2021 | News & Investigations, Reconstructing Dayton
Aside from our work digitizing campaign finance reports, it may have seemed rather quiet around here this month. That’s because almost all of our time has been spent working behind the scenes to engage with the community regarding our ranked-choice voting ballot...
by Alexander Sharp | Jun 17, 2021 | Campaign Finance Reports, Data & Research
Jeffrey Mims is the front-runner for Dayton’s mayor, having raked in 58.43% of the vote with two challengers in the 2021 primary. Some comments on his campaign finance records: Unlike others, Mims’ treasurer actually filled out the forms provided by the...
by Alexander Sharp | Jun 7, 2021 | Campaign Finance Reports, Data & Research
Darryl Fairchild is an incumbent Dayton City Commissioner running for a second term. He unsuccessfully ran for the commission two times before winning a special election in 2018. Despite being a liberal Democrat, local party leaders seem to dislike Fairchild. They...
by Alexander Sharp | Jun 2, 2021 | Campaign Finance Reports, Data & Research
Rennes Bowers is currently running for mayor of Dayton. He finished 2nd in the May 2021 primary after Jeffrey Mims and ahead of Gary Leitzell. Because Ohio doesn’t require local candidates to provide machine-readable campaign finance reports that are entered in...
