The long-serving Congressman Schumer has set off to pursue a seat in the U.S. Senate. Who will replace him? Hear the foundational elements of the 1998 Congressional Primary to fill the Congressional seat for the 9th District of New York and the intense four-way race between Anthony Weiner, Melinda Katz, Noach Deer and Dan himself. What did the race look like at the outset? Why did Dan choose to run now? What is it like running in a Congressional primary? Dan and Asher explore it all.

Episode 28: The 1998 Congressional Primary

A Good Run Podcast offers pieces of political history as personally experienced by Dan Feldman, a New York State legislator between 1981 and 1998 and current public management professor at John Jay College. The series includes revealing encounters between Feldman and such legendary New York political figures as Ed Koch, Mario Cuomo and John Lindsay, as well as with figures still prominent in American politics. His two children, Asher and Leah, take turns interviewing Dan about topics recounted on the Tales From The Sausage Factory blog, a compendium of narratives published in conjunction with a book of the same name from SUNY Press.