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“California’s Democratic legislative leaders are not ready to talk publicly about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to have lawmakers redraw the state’s congressional maps to try to send more Democrats to…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had a message for the dozens of Democratic legislators who fled the state to derail a mega-partisan gerrymander: “This truancy ends now,” Politico reports. “But Abbott’s…
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“President Trump on Monday threatened to further raise tariffs on India over the nation’s purchases of Russian oil, accusing the country of profiteering,” Axios reports. “Having failed to strike a…
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“This is a war. We are at war. And that’s why the gloves are off and I say, bring it on.” — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), speaking about…
“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government voted unanimously Monday to dismiss his attorney general, Gali Baharav-Miara, the chief prosecutor in his ongoing corruption case, as he faces growing criticism…
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.
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