Josh Goodman

Recent Articles

• CO-Governor: John Hickenlooper's Shower
• Aug 19, 2010
• The Democratic candidate for governor in Colorado has a quirky first ad.
• 1 Comments

• VT-Governor: Will the Legislature Make the Decision?
• Aug 18, 2010
• Vermont is the only state where governors' races are thrown into the legislature if no candidate receives a majority of the vote. Will it happen this year?

• When a Governor Won't Talk
• Aug 18, 2010
• Staff Writer Josh Goodman wrote a profile of Chris Christie for the August issue. But, Christie wouldn't talk to him for the story. Here's how Josh handled it.

• Why Tennessee Holds Thursday Primaries
• Aug 17, 2010
• Most American elections are held, of course, on Tuesdays. In Tennessee, primaries are on Thursdays. Why? For no better reason than that the Tennessee Constitution says so.

• Register of Wills: The Easiest Job in Government?
• Aug 16, 2010
• A reader makes the case that in Maryland registers of wills (an elected office that also exists in Delaware and Pennsylvania) are highly paid with few responsibilities. Would anyone notice if the job ceased to exist?
• 4 Comments

• Governors: Democrats' Silver Lining?
• Aug 13, 2010
• We all know by now that, barring something dramatic happening, this will be a very good year for Republicans. But how good depends to a huge degree on the office you're talking about. In fact, when it comes to governorships Republicans might not gain at all -- if you define a gain like I do.
• 1 Comments

• In Delaware, a Battle of Wills
• Aug 12, 2010
• Sussex County Delaware -- like other Delaware counties -- holds elections for Register of Wills. Couldn't an appointed or career official do the job better?
• 1 Comments

• Lieutenant Governors: How Selection Rules Foster Diversity
• Aug 11, 2010
• Some states let candidates for governor pick their own running mates. It's no coincidence that those states tend to end up with lieutenant governors who aren't white men.

• GA-Governor: A Job for a Legislator?
• Aug 10, 2010
• Supporters of Nathan Deal in the Republican runoff for governor in Georgia say that former legislators make good governors. There's some evidence that they're right.

• Governors: The Next Generation of Moderates
• Aug 7, 2010
• Primaries in the last week make it more likely that, for better or for worse, there will be a new crop of centrist governors.
• 2 Comments

• TN-Governor: Debating the Murfreesboro Mosque
• Aug 5, 2010
• A proposed mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee has stirred controversy. Here's what the candidates for governor have to say about it.

• The Perils of Feral Pigs
• Aug 4, 2010
• Wild hogs, I've now learned, are a major problem in Texas.
• 2 Comments

• Kansas House: Most Republican Moderates Survive
• Aug 4, 2010
• Kansas Republicans who voted for a sales tax increase this year faced challenges from the right yesterday. But, only one of the moderates appears to have lost.

• In Republican Primaries, Control of the Kansas House at Stake
• Aug 3, 2010
• Today is primary day in Kansas, so, obviously, we don't have any races between Democrats and Republican. Yet today's elections still could determine who controls the Kansas House of Representatives next year. Will conservative Republicans have the majority or will moderates exercise power?

• Rick Snyder: A Moderate Republican for Michigan?
• Aug 2, 2010
• Rick Snyder is running a mostly non-ideological campaign for governor, touting his competence, business acumen and outsider status. It's a very bad time to be a Republican moderate. But, Snyder might win the nomination tomorrow anyway.