Goeas, Ed: - For the last three decades, Ed Goeas has served as 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. The Tarrance Group serves as the pollster for 30 current Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, 12 U.S. Senators, and five Governors. Over the last thirty years, the team has elected hundreds of Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, dozens of U.S. Senators, and numerous Governors, along with countless statewide officeholders, State Senators, and State Representatives. In recognition of the number of winning campaigns conducted by The Tarrance Group, Ed and his partners Brian Tringali and Dave Sackett were honored as "2010 Republican Pollster of the Year" and "2014 Republican Pollster of the Year" by the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC).

Ed is also widely recognized as one of the country's leading political strategists. He was Program Director for the 2008 Republican National Convention for John McCain. On the Board of Directors for the American Association of Political Consultants for twenty-five years, he was the longest-serving member of the Board, focusing his efforts on Campaign Ethics and promoting increased youth participation in the industry.

In addition to his campaign work, Goeas works in partnership with Democratic pollster Celinda Lake on the nationally recognized "Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service Battleground Poll," one of the country's most respected national political research programs. In 2011, Lake and Goeas were awarded the "Distinguished Service to the Profession Award" for their body of work on the Battleground Poll over the last twenty years.