A new Mitchell Research poll in Michigan shows Donald Trump and Kamala Harris tied among likely voters in a multi-candidate field, 47% to 47%.
In the U.S. Senate race, Elissa Slotkin (D) leads Mike Rogers (R), 49% to 44%.
Save to FavoritesA new Mitchell Research poll in Michigan shows Donald Trump and Kamala Harris tied among likely voters in a multi-candidate field, 47% to 47%.
In the U.S. Senate race, Elissa Slotkin (D) leads Mike Rogers (R), 49% to 44%.
Save to Favorites“The International Longshoremen’s Association, the union that has been on strike since early Tuesday at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts, and the management group representing shipping lines, terminal…
“President Joe Biden is again signaling he wants Congress to come back into session to pass a storm supplemental spending bill,” Punchbowl News reports. “Speaking to reporters in Georgia this…
Donald Trump said that if he thought he lost the 2020 presidential election, he wouldn’t be running again, NBC News reports. Said Trump: “It was a rigged election. You have…
Bruce Springsteen endorsed Kamala Harris for president in a video, calling Donald Trump “the most dangerous candidate for president in my lifetime.” Save to Favorites
A new Napolitan News Service poll in Florida finds Donald Trump barely ahead of Kamala Harris, 50% to 48%. Silver Bulletin: “As of today, our model gives Kamala Harris a…
“Donald Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will receive a briefing on hurricane destruction in the battleground state on Friday — the first joint appearance by the two men since…
A new Highpoint University poll in North Carolina finds Kamala Harris and Donald Trump tied among likely voters, 48% to 48%. Save to Favorites
Here’s what Donald Trump said at a rally in Michigan: “They stole the FEMA money like they stole it from a bank so they could give it to their illegal…
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) “wore blackface as part of a Halloween costume when he was a college student almost two decades ago,” the New York Times reports. “The images, taken…
Bloomberg: “Pressure is building as courts handle the surge of litigation targeting voting processes before the Nov. 5 election, particularly in swing states like North Carolina.” “Officials say that amid…
A judge sentenced a former Colorado county clerk to nine years behind bars for leading a voting system data-breach scheme inspired by the rampant false claims that fraud altered the…
Former Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who is running for Senate in Maryland, attacked Sen. J.D. Vance’s refusal to acknowledge Donald Trump’s 2020 election defeat as “crazy”, and warned it puts…
Former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton told CNN he won’t vote for Donald Trump but he may now write in Ronald Reagan for president instead of Dick Cheney. Save…
“James Teeple, the Republican candidate in one of Charleston’s most competitive Statehouse races this year, told a school bus driver in 2022 to pass along an unsettling message to an…
“The United States economy is suddenly staring down an array of new and potentially damaging crises, with tensions flaring in the Middle East, port workers striking on the East and…
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“U.S. authorities have seized dozens of internet domains used by Russian intelligence agents and their proxies to steal valuable information from U.S. government computers and email accounts,” CBS News reports….
He wouldn’t answer the question at the vice presidential debate this week, but Sen. J.D. Vance was just asked if Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election and he said:…
“A federal judge will let expire a temporary restraining order against the Biden administration’s sweeping new student loan forgiveness plan, which could deliver relief to tens of millions of Americans,”…
“Nearly two months ago, CNN reached out to Melania Trump’s book publisher to request an interview with the former first lady ahead of her upcoming memoir. After several exchanges about…
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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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