A new Harper Polling (R) survey in West Virginia finds Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) leading challenger Patrick Morrissey (R), 47% to 41%.


A new Harper Polling (R) survey in West Virginia finds Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) leading challenger Patrick Morrissey (R), 47% to 41%.
“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday announced criminal charges against 20 people for illegally voting in 2020, the first major public move from the Republican’s controversial new election police…
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) “has ratcheted up the rhetoric about gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox (R), describing him earlier this week as mentally unstable,” the Washington Post reports. “Hogan, who…
“A woman who flew to Washington, D.C., ahead of the Jan. 6 riot on a private jet and threw media equipment outside the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection pleaded guilty…
Susan Glasser: “The conventional wisdom in Washington would indicate that the Democrats are all but certain to lose the House in 2022, and very likely the Senate, too. The yearlong…
A new Fox News poll in Arizona finds Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) with an 8 point lead over Blake Masters (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 50% to 42%. Save…
A Fox News poll in Wisconsin finds Mandela Barnes (D) leading Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) in the U.S. Senate race by four points, 50% to 46%. Save to Favorites
“When FBI agents found top secret documents at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, the former president and his staff claimed the docs were actually declassified by a mysterious “standing” declassification rule….
The final Emerson College Polling/Pix11/The Hill survey of New York’s 12th District voters finds Rep. Jerry Nadler (D) pulling ahead of his congressional colleague Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D), 43% to…
A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that more than half of Americans say there’s an “invasion” at the southern border. “The poll also found that large numbers of Americans hold a…
“In the days since the FBI seized classified and top secret documents from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, the former President and his allies have claimed that Trump had a ‘standing…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday downplayed expectations of Republicans capturing control of the Senate in the fall elections, describing “candidate quality” as an important factor, NBC News reports….
“President Joe Biden and his allies hope big recent wins on climate, health care and more will at least temporarily tamp down questions among top Democrats about whether he will…
The Guardian: “According to multiple sources close to Trump, suspicions initially centered on Nicholas Luna, the longtime Trump body-man who stepped back from his duties around March, and Molly Michael,…
New York Magazine has compiled a guide to the many houses Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz (R) apparently forgot he owned. Save to Favorites
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the government to redact and ultimately release a version of the highly sensitive warrant affidavit that was used to justify a search by the…
It’s worth expanding on an earlier ABC News report that former President Donald Trump’s associate Kash Patel sought to retrieve classified documents and publish them. The Washington Post reports that…
A top Justice Department official said Thursday that the investigation into the handling of classified records housed at former President Donald Trump’s private residence is “in its early stages,” suggesting…
CNN is canceling its Sunday media affairs show Reliable Sources, and host Brian Stelter is departing the network, NPR reports. Save to Favorites
The idea that Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) will run for president to block Donald Trump could work — but not if she runs as a Republican. As noted earlier, there’s…
Molly Ball has a good profile of Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R), who does not seem like a typical Republican. “High energy and bald-headed, Cox is an avid reader whose…
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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.
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