Esrati Signs Patients over profits pledge
"CEOs and lobbyists for Big Pharma, corporate insurers, and private hospitals have formed a front group called Partnership for America’s Healthcare Future that wants to exploit our healthcare system to make money off of keeping us sick. I pledge to put patients over profits and not take contributions over $200 from the executives, lobbyists, and PACs affiliated with the corporate health care industry, including private insurers, pharma corporations, and private hospitals who are organizing to...
Elections not Auctions website and video
A group of Democratic candidates worked together to launch a website calling for Elections Not Auctions- and asking voters to “Funk the System”
Esrati interviewed on The X Millennial Man Podcast
I sat down in a really good Vietnamese sandwich shop in Westchester with Ryan Kulick, producer of the Millennial Man Podcast and High Heels and Politics podcasts to talk about my race. Take a listen: https://www.seedsing.com/the-x-mil-man-podcast/2022/10/15/interview-with-david-esrati-democratic-party-candidate-in-ohios-10th-congressional-district The restaurant is Paris Banh Mi, right off the Tylersville Rd Exit. I'm addicted to the number two sandwich, grilled pork on a baguette with some...
Dayton Daily News finally ACKNOWLEDGES TURNER HAS COMPETITION
One of the better articles about a race that I've been a part of. Front page today, below the fold. My comments: “Turner’s voting record hardly qualifies him as a “moderate republican.” He has a 92.9% Trump Score. As to the Party not endorsing me- that’s because I call out criminal behavior by both parties. I’m an equal opportunity critic. My position on gun ownership was simplified- I believe that to own semi-automatic weapons, you must be part of a “Well regulated militia” as per the 2nd...
Does the Democratic Party care about winning elections?
The Ohio Democratic Party finally responded to an email I sent. It wasn’t on letterhead. It's undated (attached in an Email to me from John Tannous, "Party Affairs Director, ODP" dated 8/30/22, 6:36 PM) They claim they aren’t a public entity that has to follow the Ohio Sunshine Laws (really? Because, real democrats believe in sunshine). I’m not on...
Turner’s 27 Billionaire donors
Update: 17 Oct 2022. Turner added an additional 8 Billionaires to his donor list bringing the total to 27. I still, do not even know a billionaire. We haven't been able to analyze the WinRed individual donors yet- there may be more. Last cycle, he received 89% of his donations from out of state and the average is $1,6422.91He had backing from 45 PACS. I have 1- Sherrod Browns. Billionaires: each gave maximum cycle donation of $2,900 Leonart Blavatnik, worth $28.5B Access Industries Ann L...
Tom Archdeacon writes about the veteran I’m honored to take care of
John ‘Sully’ Sullivan can see his future again Tom Archdeacon “I wasn’t taking my meds as prescribed and I’d been drinking and I’d lost it,” John “Sully” Sullivan quietly recalled Friday afternoon. “I was suicidal. I wanted to end my own life and I’d thought of doing it with my car. Just hitting a viaduct or a light pole.” According to a recent Veterans Administration study, 20 veterans a day die by suicide. But before he joined those statistics, a flicker of sanity redirected Sullivan: “I...
Esrati Platform
Positions As a junior congressman, I won’t have a lot of power to introduce legislation, but I will tell you the things I will support. I will always come down on the side of open, honest, transparent government of the highest integrity. I will work for the people, not the people with money. And I will work with anyone dedicated to making the following things a reality: To me, there are two things that need to happen to fix America. Establishment candidates won't talk about these things...
Dayton Daily News finally acknowledges Democratic Congressional primary a week before the primary
No candidates nights, no forums, no debates, no candidates nights. There are four candidates running to take on Mike Turner in November for Ohio 10. Reporter Parker Perry called last week and said they were just going from the "questionnaires they sent out" and was looking for a photo. I shamed him for his lack of initiative and told him that's no way to write a story. Hence, my minimal coverage is not like the others. This story ran on Tuesday 26 April, exactly 1 week before the primary- and...
It’s time for political donor registration
The huge push of the Republican party over the last decade has been to make voter registration more difficult, expensive, and controlled- you know, so there can't be any "voter fraud" or "stolen elections." When was the last time you heard about doing the same to the people who actually buy the politicians they want in office? What about them? As it stands now, there is no registration process for political donors- no certification, no government ID required, no way to truly tell if the money...