A new NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist College poll in New York finds Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) job performance rating “has dropped to its lowest level since he took office in January 2011, tumbling by 10 percentage points since November.”
However, in a re-election match up against Rob Astorino — who formally announced his challenge this week — Cuomo leads 68% to 25%.
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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.