“California Democrats are chasing power wherever they can find it,” Politico reports.
“Longshot contenders in this fortress of Democratic politics — launching pad of the likes of Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla — are abandoning marquee races in favor of less competitive contests, while House members and their opponents are changing districts so often this cycle it’s hard for even insiders to keep track of who’s running where.”
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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.