Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 188
Nothing to See Here
North Carolina congressional candidate Bo Hines (R) bemoaned the state of the economy in a recent interview: “I know in my household, my wife and I can’t afford to give up one month’s salary. We have bills to pay, we have rent to pay.”
But Insider reports the 27-year-old Republican upstart, backed by Donald Trump, reported having no salary at all, according to his certified personal financial disclosure.
A trust fund is the only reported asset in Hines’ financial disclosure.
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.