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Dan D'Amico is a first-time candidate for Westchester County Legislature in District 16, running to represent Yonkers. He's knocked on more than 8,400 doors, secured both the Republican and Conservative Party lines, and built a campaign around a simple observation: most of his conversations end in full agreement on policy, right up until a voter learns which party line he's on. D'Amico talks about what running a campaign actually costs a family and a small business, why he's turned down developer and special-interest money, and how he wants to tackle homelessness and affordable housing in Yonkers.

In This Episode: 

0:14 Eight thousand four hundred doors and counting 

1:10 What it actually takes to run a campaign 

2:31 A day in the life of a first-time candidate 

3:11 What the campaign has cost his family and his business 

4:56 Winning both the Republican and Conservative Party lines 

7:16 The most surprising thing 8,400 doors taught him about party tribalism 

11:39 Fundraising as a first-time candidate, and the incumbency problem 1

4:52 Homelessness, mental health, and why it's on the platform 1

8:30 Running a clean race 

20:14 His record versus the incumbent's on affordable housing 

24:17 What he thinks decides a race like this

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