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About Taegan Goddard

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 in economics and Harvard University in public policy. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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  • How Political Wire Spent a Decade Growing Loyalty and Community – Memberful
  • 5 Questions for Political Wire Founder Taegan Goddard – Vassar Quarterly
  • Famous 5 Interview with Taegan Goddard – Famous DC
  • Political Wire‘s Taegan Goddard joins The Week – Politico
  • Political Language, Demystified – The Atlantic
  • The 140 Best Twitter Feeds – Time Magazine
  • Top 50 US politics Twitter accounts to follow – The Guardian
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  • Romney’s presidential transition website surfaces – CBS News
  • Mitt Romney’s Transition Website: Where ‘President-Elect’ Romney Lives On – Time

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About Political Wire

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.

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