NAACP forum hosts Dayton City Commission candidates Bedinger, Duncan, Esrati, Joseph, Shaw, Wortham

Candidates running for Dayton City Commission will participate in a town hall-style public forum this evening, according to the Dayton Unit of the NAACP, which is organizing the event.

Six candidates for Dayton City Commission are on the May 2 ballot, and the top four vote-getters will advance to the November election. The top two vote-getters in November will be elected.

The candidates in the May 2 election are incumbents Matt Joseph and Chris Shaw, plus challengers Marcus Bedinger, Valerie Duncan, David Esrati and Jordan Wortham.

NAACP officials said today’s event will be at 6 p.m. at the Central State University Dayton Campus, 840 Germantown St. It also will be shown live on the Dayton Unit NAACP Facebook page.

The moderators will be Derrick Foward, president of the Dayton Unit NAACP, and Tom Roberts, second vice president and chair of the group’s Political Action Committee.

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