Dan returns from the mountains to travel immediately to Albany, NY to begin his time as Assemblyman from the 45th District in New York. Hear what it’s like to be a first-time member of the Assembly, from orientation to learning the ins and outs of the political process and who helped Dan acclimate along his way. Effective from the word “go,” Dan begins his run as a member of the legislature.

The final steps in winning a local election — in this case the Assembly seat in the 45th district of New York — are recounted as Dan and Asher discuss the final days of the 1980 campaign. The hard leg work of campaigning and the difficulty of the balancing act to win local election at the time are discussed in full! This is the beginning of the heart Dan’s good run, hear how it all transpired.

Dan and Asher sit down for a length discussion about the protests and movements happening around America and how it resembles (or doesn’t resemble) what Dan has seen in his life of politics, protest, legislation and government. In the far-ranging discussion the two talk about President Trump, George Floyd, #BlackLivesMatter and other topics at the top of Americans’ minds today. We’ll return with regularly scheduled programming soon, but we thought it important to take some time out to discuss the pressing storyline of the day.

We rejoin Dan’s journey into politics during the spring and summer of 1980, as a fresh decade gave Dan a fresh chance at elective office, this time as Chuck Schumer’s replacement as the Assemblyman for New York’s 45th district. Dan recounts the process of campaigning for the seat, the power dynamics at hand, the many ins and outs of the campaign itself and what it took to ultimately find success. Stay tuned for more from A Good Run Podcast, and a victory still to come…

Dan recounts his time working for Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman and Assemblyman Chuck Schumer in the time immediately after his second consecutive electoral loss and the gear up for what would become his first electoral victory. Hear about the heyday of the Holtzman Congressional office and the earliest indication of the master politician Chuck Schumer would become.

A Good Run is back with a deep dive into Dan's second political campaign after a stint in the working world. A Good Run returns via social distancing and Zoom, welcome back to all our friends and followers, hope everyone is safe and healthy.

In part two of our two-parter, Dan and Asher wrap up the storyline from last episode, discussing the ins and outs of a campaign from the point of view of a candidate.

Season 2 of A Good Run starts off with Dan coming off the high of Elizabeth Holtzman's campaign victory. Hear how that triumph kickstarts his own political career in New York.

A retelling of the against-all-odds campaign of Elizabeth Holtzman for Congress and Dan's involvement in the underdog campaign. Hear how a toothpick eventually did topple the Washington Monument as the youngest woman to serve in Congress at the time (a record she would hold for 42 years).

Leah and Dan reconvene for A Good Run episode about the “extremely unsuccessful presidential campaign” of John Lindsay. Travel with Dan through Indiana, Massachusetts and Florida and meet a wide variety of characters and personalities that defined Dan’s time with the campaign.