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Josh Goodman

Josh Goodman

Former Staff Writer

Josh Goodman, a former Governing staff writer, works on The Pew Charitable Trusts’ state fiscal policy project.

It's still earlier in many of these races, but currently five incumbent Republican congressmen in Pennsylvania are behind.
The ban on same-sex marriage is ahead in Colorado, while the effort to legalize domestic partnerships is currently behind. The ban on affirmative action is ...
CNN has Republican Rick Perry winning another term as governor of Texas. Democrat Chris Bell appears to be finishing second, while Kinky Friedman is languishing ...
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, a Democrat, has won reelection. Napolitano rejected a pay increase for herself and the modest pay for the office is one ...
An astute reader in Alabama notes an interesting comeback bid: Former Alabama Governor Jim Folsom Jr., a Democrat, is currently leading in the race for ...
Scandal notwithstanding, Alan Hevesi has been reelected comptroller of New York according to the New York Times. Andrew Cuomo will be the next attorney general.
Here's my one character analysis: ? And here's the longer version. I expect a Democratic majority to pursue an increase in the minimum wage, look to ...
In Arizona, the minimum wage increase is winning, English as the official language is winning, the gay marriage ban is down 51%-49% and voters have ...
CNN has the call, that the abortion ban in South Dakota will fail. Let me be the first to suggest that this is a blessing ...
We've had a lot of easy calls tonight, but there are at least a few extremely close races for governor: Minnesota, Nevada and Rhode Island (...