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Navigating the Nonsense

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Trial Balloon · Ep. 189: Navigating the Nonsense

North and South are Very Different

May 31, 2013 · 1:52 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Harry Enten notes that as long as Gov. Paul LePage (R) loses in Maine and Republicans win an open seat in Arkansas, it would be the first time ever that all the governors in New England are Democrats and first time ever all the governors in the old confederacy are Republicans.

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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.