Vote for Goldman: America’s Next Top Party

Three months after leaving Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Archie Parnell got an invitation to pet a rat named Rascal.

The bank’s former global head of tax policy wasn’t thrilled. It was a hot South Carolina afternoon in May, and Parnell was touring Piedmont Technical College in Newberry, once a cotton-mill town, while zigzagging across the state’s fifth congressional district. He’s the Democratic candidate in Tuesday’s special election, trying to wrest control of the House seat that opened when Donald Trump picked Mick Mulvaney as his budget director. A dry and serious man who often stands with his hands clasped behind his back, Parnell gave the white rodent a quick tap.