Josh Goodman

Recent Articles

• Meg Whitman: Global Warming is Real, Man-Made
• Apr 22, 2010
• Meg Whitman is trying to distinguish herself from Arnold Schwarzenegger as she runs for governor of California. She's also trying to court conservatives in ...

• In Arizona's Conservatism, Signs of What's to Come
• Apr 21, 2010
• One of the big themes I've been talking about for a long time is how the 2010 elections could move state government away from the ...
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• New York Redistricting: The Big Apple's Small But Notable Growth
• Apr 20, 2010
• When I was working on a story a couple of months ago about the role of local governments in the Census, I talked with a ...
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• In Alaska, a Vote on a Larger Legislature
• Apr 20, 2010
• Remember how rural Alaska legislators were worried that redistricting would make their absurdly large legislative districts even larger and were pushing to expand the size ...

• MA-Governor: Cahill's Conservatism Burdens Baker
• Apr 19, 2010
• In his campaign for Massachusetts' governorship, Democrat-turned-independent Tim Cahill has been positioning himself as the most conservative candidate -- more conservative than newly minted Republican ...

• Connecticut AG: Can Bysiewicz Win?
• Apr 16, 2010
• For people who have been following the story closely this may be old news, but it's becoming clearer and clearer to me that no ...

• Clarification on Texas' Shrinking Counties
• Apr 15, 2010
• Commenter Wendell pointed out some fuzzy phrasing when I was talking about shrinking counties in my post on Texas and redistricting: Jefferson County is located ...

• How Charlie Crist Could Prove He's Staying a Republican
• Apr 15, 2010
• Charlie Crist's campaign for U.S. Senate put out an unequivocal statement last week. He's running as a Republican:  "To put these rumors ...

• NV-Governor: Democrats Try to Save Jim Gibbons
• Apr 15, 2010
• Nevada Democrats are engaged in some funny business, intervening in the Republican primary for governor. From the Reno Gazette-Journal: A Democratic operative has launched a ...

• In Texas, Somewhat-Less-Conservative Republicans Win
• Apr 14, 2010
• While they might cringe if you called them moderates, the less conservative candidates won two key Republican primaries in Texas yesterday for Supreme Court and ...

• A Tax from Governing's Past
• Apr 13, 2010
• In my April feature story, I said that the question of why sales taxes generally apply to goods but not services is "one of ...

• In Florida, Fighting Ballot Measures with Ballot Measures?
• Apr 13, 2010
• The Palm Beach Post has an interesting development in the debate over redistricting reform in Florida: Senate Reapportionment Chairman Mike Haridopolos directed staff to begin ...

• In Texas' Runoffs, Two Races to Watch
• Apr 13, 2010
• Today is primary runoff day in Texas and, while we don't have the suspense of a gubernatorial contest (thanks to Kay Bailey Hutchison's ...

• Texas Redistricting: The Effects of Exurbanization
• Apr 12, 2010
• Everyone agrees that Texas will be the big winner in reapportionment. Thanks to the state's rapid population growth, Texas is expected to gain 3 or 4 ...
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