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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.

8:53 P.M.: Tim Kaine appears to be matching Mark Warner's numbers from 2001 in many places.  That's good news for him because Warner won by 5%. ...
8:26 P.M.: Looking at the aggregate Virginia results, Democratic Tim Kaine appears to be outperforming fellow Democrats Leslie Byrne and Creigh Deeds, candidates for lt. ...
9:13 P.M.: The Associated Press has called the Virginia governor's race for Democrat Tim Kaine.
The St. Petersburg Times reports that incumbent Republican Rick Baker has 68.5% of the vote with 88 of 115 precincts reporting. I'm not sure whether this one has ...
9:28 P.M.: As expected, the gay marriage ban in Texas has passed easily. Currently, it is winning with 74% of the vote. Based on the standard ...
9:20 P.M.: Bill White, the Democratic mayor of Houston is taking upwards of 90% of the vote has been officially called as the winner.
9:50 P.M.: The much-ballyhooed four reform referendums in Ohio appear to be in serious danger of defeat. It isn't a big surprise that Issue 4, the ...
9:32 P.M.: With 41% of precincts in, New Jersey Democrat Jon Corzine has a 54%-43% lead over Republican Doug Forrester.
9:55 P.M.: According to the Associated Press, Democrat Jon Corzine has been elected governor of New Jersey.
10:04 P.M.: Issue 4 fails according to the AP. It will be interesting to dissect afterwards why, when Ohio residents have such low opinions of Republican ...