“The Republican National Committee has decided to recognize former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra as the chairman of the Michigan Republican Party amid an ongoing battle for control of the state GOP,” the Detroit News reports.
“Hoekstra, whom former President Donald Trump had endorsed as the party’s chairman, and Kristina Karamo, whom GOP delegates elected to the position a year ago, have been locked in a fight for power for weeks.”
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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.