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Ed Goeas

Ed Goeas

Ed Goeas is President and C.E.O. of The Tarrance Group, one of the most respected and successful Republican survey research and strategy teams in American politics today.

Widely recognized as one of the country's leading political strategists, Goeas is an often sought after consultant. Goeas and his partners Dave Sackett and Brian Tringali currently serve as pollster to five Republican Governors, ten U.S. Senators, and forty-seven Republican Members of Congress. Among his clients are Senator Trent Lott (MS), Senator Mike DeWine (OH), Congressman John Boehner (OH), Congressman Zach Wamp (TN), and Governor Haley Barbour (MS).

In addition to his campaign work, Goeas works in partnership with Democratic pollster Celinda Lake on the nationally recognized "Battleground" poll - one of the country's most respected national, political research programs. Lake and Goeas also conduct an array of bipartisan issue work for organizations across the nation, providing a balanced, bipartisan perspective on the key issues facing the nation.

Goeas consults on an array of policy concerns such as education policy, health care, immigration law, and youth voting trends to name a few.

Goeas has been widely published in professional and academic journals, including the Yale Law and Policy Review, on a variety of public policy issues based on his national research. Goeas has also worked on a number of foreign campaigns in Russia, Greece, Hungary, France, and the Philippines.

Frequently sought as a political analyst, Goeas regularly appears on national public affairs programs including: Meet the Press, This Week, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, FOX News with Brit Hume, C-Span and CNN Inside Politics.

During the 1994 election cycle, Goeas was recognized by Democrat and Republican members of the American Association of Political Consultants as "Pollster of the Year."

In his more than twenty-five years of working professionally in politics, he has served as the National Political Director of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), a field operative for the Republican National Committee, campaign manager in several campaigns, and Chief of Staff to a U.S. Congressman.

Ed Goeas is married to Lisa Goeas who currently works raising funds for Cornerstone Community School, a private school in Washington, D.C. for inner-city kids. Ed has two daughters, Jenn (22), Emma (4), and a new son, Robert, who was born on October 23, 2004.

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