Daniel Gotoff heads Lake Research Partners’ New York office. Since joining the firm in 1996, Daniel has worked for candidates at all levels of the electoral process and on a wide range of issues, including the economy, national security, and government accountability. 

Daniel’s tenure at LRP has included extensive research for clients, including Presidential, Senatorial, Congressional, Gubernatorial, and Mayoral candidates, as well as the DNC, DCCC and the NAACP National Voter Fund. He also led the firm’s overseas consulting on campaigns in Mexico and the Caribbean. Daniel’s analyses of the American political landscape are regularly published, and he is a contributor on The Leon Charney Report and other political and public affairs news shows. 

In 2009, Daniel was named a Rising Star by Campaigns and Elections magazine. In 2011, Daniel led the team that was awarded a Pollie for "Best Use of New Technology In a Candidate, Ballot/Initiative or Public Affairs Campaign" by the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC). 

Gotoff holds a B.A. in history and Italian from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.