Commissioner Darryl Fairchild brings decades of service rooted in faith, justice, and community.

He champions public schools, government transparency, and neighborhood investment. Fairchild has a record of accomplishment: increased protections for our water system, secured $5.2 million for housing, and created a vision and a plan for our neighborhoods and for housing.

Darryl Fairchild always puts people over politics.

Friends and Neighbors of Dayton,

I do my best to serve Dayton with integrity and compassion. I truly believe in the power of public service. As Commissioner, he invests in our neighborhoods, fights for transparency in government, and puts people and youth first.

As I run for re-election, let me remind you about the non-political me.

I was born in Belmont to an NCR employee and a Miami Valley Hospital nurse, near my church and grandparents.

Our community was one that allowed me to walk to school and to stores, and important to me, the library, movie theater, and playing fields. I was maybe best known in my neighborhood as a boy for delivering the newspaper on my bicycle.

During the 1970s’ busing, I transferred to Residence Park School and later attended Dunbar, where I became an honor student, a varsity athlete, and a student government leader. Ultimately, I graduated from Belmont, all the while working to save for college.

Studying Psychology at the University of Cincinnati, I still worked but also trained to become a triathlon competitor. It was during that same time I felt inspiration from the writings of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and sensed a call to ministry, so I enrolled at United Theological Seminary. I then attended the Joint Doctoral Program of the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology.

At the age of 26, I was in a bicycle accident that broke my back and left me partially paralyzed. My life was significantly changed, but my sense of purpose was deepened. Having faced how fragile life can be, I became more intentional in how I use my time and skill.

I’ve worked in higher education, led a non-profit, organized in the community, pastored churches, and now serve as your Dayton City Commissioner, grateful to be a father, husband, chaplain, and working to create a community where every citizen is valued, and every neighborhood is vibrant.

I respectfully ask for your vote so that I may continue to be your voice on the Dayton Commission.

Sincerely,