The PDK in any case won a landslide victory in Skenderaj in the 2000 Kosovan local elections, taking twenty-seven of thirty-one seats in the municipal assembly. Gashi led the PDK's electoral list and was confirmed as mayor after the election.ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVENDE KOMUNALE 2000 – Fletëvotimet dhe listat e kandidatëve (Skenderaj), Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve, accessed 21 January 2022.ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVENDE KOMUNALE 2000 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Kandidatët e zgjedhur sipas subjekteve), Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve, accessed 21 January 2022. In July 2002, he was elected as a member of the PDK's steering council."Democratic Party of Kosovo issues political declaration of beliefs," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European - Political, 2 July 2002 (Source: Kosovapress news agrency web site, Pristina, in Albanian 1 Jul 02). In the 2002 Kosovan local elections, he led the party to another overwhelming victory in Skenderaj and was selected for another term as mayor.ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVENDE KOMUNALE 2002 – Fletëvotimet dhe listat e kandidatëve (Skenderaj), Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve, accessed 3 February 2022.ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVENDE KOMUNALE 2002 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Statistikat sipas komunave), Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve, accessed 2 February 2022. The list won twenty-six seats in 2002. He did not seek re-election in 2007.
