“On a huge night for Kentucky Democrats, the party ran to victory in three out of four special elections, strengthening its hold on the Kentucky House of Representatives,” the Lexington Courier Journal reports.
“Democrats called it a repudiation of Gov. Matt Bevin and his policies, which they say are too extreme. Bevin had campaigned for the four Republicans and raised money for them.”
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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.