Washington, DC > Chappaqua, NY
After my second sweep of Capitol Hill — this time handing out resumes in all House as well as Senate GOP offices — I again had no call backs. It was a total failure and I was very discouraged.
I decided on a new approach, and the retirement of Democratic Rep. Richard Ottinger (D-NY).in Westchester County’s 20th CD afforded me a last ditch “leave DC to get back to DC” strategy.
If my Dad would let me temporarily crash at his house in Chappaqua, in the northern portion of the 20th CD, I would attempt to get involved with one of the handful of GOP candidates vying for the 20th CD GOP nomination.
In December ’83 I moved to Chappaqua, paid my Dad rent, and began researching who the GOP candidates were, and where they lived. I would soon go knock on their doors.