CB Public Policy Forum: Ed Goeas, “ The State of Politics Today” ~ Interviewed by Steve Scully

Ed Goeas, “ The State of Politics Today” ~ Interviewed by Steve Scully
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
7:00 PM 8:30 PM

Ed Goeas served as President/C.E.O. of The Tarrance Group, one of the most respected and successful Republican survey research and strategy teams in American politics for thirty-five years. Over those thirty-five years, The Tarrance Group elected hundreds of Members of Congress and U.S. Senators, dozens of Governors, and countless statewide officeholders. Additionally, Goeas served as Program Director for the 2008 Republican National Convention and as a key advisor for John McCain’s Presidential Campaign.

Widely recognized as one of the country’s leading political strategists, Goeas has conducted extensive survey research on Health Care, Criminal Justice Reform, and Immigration. In recognition of the number of winning campaigns conducted by The Tarrance Group, Goeas and his partners were honored in “1994, 2010, and 2014 as Republican Pollster of the Year,” by the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC).

Along with his campaign work, Goeas co-authors the nationally recognized “Georgetown University Battleground Poll” with Democratic pollster Celinda Lake, and in 2011 were awarded the “Distinguished Service to the Profession Award” by AAPC. Last November Goeas and Lake released “A Question of Respect – Bringing Us Together in a Deeply Divided Nation,” which recently made The Wall Street Journal Best Sellers List.

Steve Scully is the host of The Briefing with Steve Scully which air weekdays on SiriusXM’s P.O.T.U.S. channel 124. He is also the Senior Vice President at Washington, D.C.’s Bipartisan Policy Center.

In his three-decade career at C-SPAN, he served as political editor, host, and senior executive producer of C-SPAN’s programming, including Washington Journal, the Road to the White House series, and its podcast The Weekly. He has interviewed every president since Gerald Ford. In addition to his work at C-SPAN, Scully initiated a distance learning class, bringing D.C. experts virtually to the University of Denver and other schools nationwide.

Scully spent nine years on the White House Correspondents’ Association Board of Directors, including as president from 2006-07. In 2019, he was named to the Pennsylvania Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

Scully earned his M.S. degree in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in Evanston, Illinois. Prior to that, he received his B.A. in communications and political science from American University.