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Young Man in a Hurry

February 1, 2026 at 3:09 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“This is not the book that Gavin Newsom says he set out to write. In fact, it’s not even the book he initially wrote,” the New York Times reports.

“That book had been more about his governorship, California and his state’s relationship to the country. It would have fit neatly in the well-worn genre of tomes by politicians with presidential ambitions. But his editor had another idea after he shared an early draft.”

“The result, Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery, includes little on current events or politics. It lands somewhere between a personal investigation, a meditation and a re-litigation of his own past.”

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan 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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