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GOP Lawmaker Accuses Challenger of Working for Trump

October 29, 2018 at 12:23 pm ET By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep.  Kevin Yoder (R-KS) is trying to undercut the idea that his Democratic opponent, Sharice Davids (D), is better suited to hold President Trump accountable than him, arguing that Davids technically worked for the Trump administration, the Kansas City Star reports.

“Davids worked at the Department of Transportation after being selected as part of the final class of White House fellows under Obama, but Yoder noted that her fellowship continued into the first year of Trump’s presidency.”

Said Yoder: “What is it in her track record that tells us she would actually stand up to President Trump when she worked for him? She worked for the agenda. I just think it seems to be a pretty weak promise… when she already had a chance to do it and she didn’t.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: KS-3

Kansas Democrat Outraises Incumbent with Huge Haul

October 3, 2018 at 11:52 am ET By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sharice Davids (D) outraised Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-KS) by more than $1.6 million over the past three months, “a strong sign of Democratic enthusiasm in a race that could determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives,” McClatchy reports.

Davids is Kansas’s first openly gay, Native American nominee for Congress.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: KS-3

House Republicans Pull Support from Yoder

October 1, 2018 at 8:34 am ET By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The National Republican Congressional Committee has pulled more than $1 million in advertising support from Rep. Kevin Yoder’s (R-KS) re-election campaign in the Kansas 3rd District, according to The Hill.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: KS-3

Democrat Leads In Kansas Swing District

February 23, 2018 at 10:44 am ET By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Public Policy Polling survey in the Kansas third congressional district finds Brent Welder (D) leading Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-KS) by seven points, 49% to 42%.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: KS-3

Female Candidate Accused of Harassment Drops Bid

December 15, 2017 at 10:17 am ET By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Andrea Ramsey (D) will drop out of her congressional race after the Kansas City Star asked her “about accusations in a 2005 lawsuit that she sexually harassed and retaliated against a male subordinate who said he had rejected her advances.”

“Multiple sources with knowledge of the case told The Star that the man reached a settlement with LabOne, the company where Ramsey was executive vice president of human resources.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: Andrea Ramsey, KS-3

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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.

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