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Matt Gaetz Gets a Primary Challenger

April 29, 2024 at 11:04 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has drawn a challenger in the Republican primary, the Pensacola News Journal reports.

Former naval aviator Aaron Dimmick filed Friday to run for Florida’s 1st congressional district as a Republican.

Filed Under: 2024 Campaign Tagged With: FL-1

Matt Gaetz Has a Primary Challenger

April 14, 2021 at 8:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A veteran air force pilot is laying the groundwork to challenge the scandal-hit congressman Matt Gaetz in the Republican primary for Florida’s first congressional district,” The Guardian reports.

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: FL-1

Lawmaker Knows How to Get Trump’s Attention

February 9, 2018 at 3:42 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), “in practically no time, has rocketed from fresh face in the Republican conference to one of President Trump’s most high-profile, die-hard defenders in Congress,” BuzzFeed News reports.

Weekly Standard: “And the president has taken notice. Trump frequently calls Gaetz to talk after seeing him on TV, the lawmaker tells me. ‘One time he said, ‘Good morning, Matt. It’s your favorite president,’ ’ Gaetz recalls of a recent phone call from Trump. He refuses to say just how many times Trump has called him after seeing him on the cable shows, but he admits it’s often.”

Filed Under: House of Representatives Tagged With: FL-1, Matt Gaetz


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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.

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