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SUMMARY:The 2024 Post Election Conference: National Panel
DESCRIPTION:Join Dole Institute Visiting Fellow Jerry Seib and Dole Institute Director Emeritus Bill Lacy as they co-moderate the National Panel of the 2024 Post Election Conference. Seib and Lacy will lead a panel that will dive into the practices of both presidential campaigns\, congressional races in battlegrounds throughout the nation\, and more from this unprecedented general election. \n  \nAbout the Post Election Conference\nHeld biennially after midterm and general elections\, the Dole Institute’s Post Election Conference brings journalists\, practitioners\, and experts together to analyze campaigns and election results in Kansas and throughout the country. \n  \n\n  \nJerry Seib has been a journalist with The Wall Street Journal for almost 45 years. He served as the Journal’s Executive Washington Editor and wrote the weekly “Capital Journal” column for 29 years. He also reported from the Middle East for the Journal in the mid-1980s\, covered the White House\, has moderated three presidential debates\, and interviewed every president since Ronald Reagan. \n  \nBill Lacy is the former director of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. Since his appointment in 2004\, Lacy established the Institute a highly-respected venue for bipartisan\, philosophically-balanced political programming. Additionally\, he led the Institute through many other milestones\, including the creation of the Student Advisory Board\, the completion of processing Senator Bob Dole’s archival collections\, obtaining Senator Elizabeth Dole’s career papers\, and the addition of millions to the Institute’s endowment to further the Institute’s mission and support the student body at the University. \n  \nMolly Ball is The Wall Street Journal’s senior political correspondent\, covering campaigns\, the White House\, Congress\, political personalities and policy debates across America. She is also a frequent television and radio commentator and the author of “Pelosi\,” a bestselling biography of the first woman Speaker of the House. Prior to joining the Journal\, she covered U.S. politics for Time magazine\, the Atlantic\, Politico and the Las Vegas Review-Journal. She has worked for newspapers in Ohio\, Pennsylvania and Cambodia\, as well as the New York Times and the Washington Post. She has received numerous awards for her political coverage\, including the Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress\, the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency and the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting. She is a graduate of Yale University\, a former Knight-Wallace journalism fellow at the University of Michigan and once won $100\,000 on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.” Molly grew up in Idaho and Colorado and lives in the Washington\, D.C.\, area with her husband and three children. \n  \nBrendan Buck is one of Washington’s top communications strategists and a trusted political analyst. Having served two consecutive Speakers of the House\, he was at the center of many of this era’s biggest policy and political battles. Brendan is currently a Partner at Seven Letter\, a Washington and Boston based public affairs firm. He is also an NBC News and MSNBC Political Analyst. Previously\, he spent twelve years on Capitol Hill\, all in the House. Most recently\, he was Counselor to House Speaker Paul Ryan\, leading messaging and communications strategy for the speaker and House GOP. Before that\, Brendan served as Communications Director at the House Ways and Means Committee under Chairman Ryan and helped him navigate his unexpected ascension to the Speaker’s Office in 2015. Earlier\, Brendan was Press Secretary to House Speaker John Boehner\, working primarily with the White House press corps to shape the coverage of the Obama administration. Brendan was also on the 2012 Romney-Ryan presidential campaign\, serving as Press Secretary to the Vice President nominee. He’s held several other senior communications roles on Capitol Hill including for future-Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and former Rep. Tom Price. In 2017\, POLITICO named him to its inaugural Power 30 list\, and in 2020\, PR Week named him to its annual ’40 Under 40′. He was also named a ’40 Under 40* alumnus by the University of Georgia\, which is where you can find him many Saturdays during football season. \n  \nFrancesca Chambers is a White House Correspondent for USA Today covering foreign policy and the 2024 presidential race. She has covered the nation’s highest elected office and the politicians seeking it since 2014. Prior to USA Today\, she covered campaigns\, elections and the White House for McClatchy\, DailyMail.com and the syndicated newsmagazine DailyMailTV. She is a team Emmy winner and a Society of Professional Journalists D.C. Dateline Award recipient. Francesca is a frequent guest on network television and a former White House Correspondents’ Association board member. She is a proud graduate of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas and currently sits on its board of trustees. \n  \nAnita Dunn is a partner and founding member of SKDK. She most recently served as a senior advisor to President Joe Biden. In that role\, she advised on overall strategy and messaging during the beginning of the President’s term\, overseeing successful landmark legislative priorities and helping the President navigate through once-in-a-lifetime crises. Prior to that\, she served as a senior advisor to the Biden-Harris presidential campaign\, advising on all aspects of the campaign\, including messaging\, debate preparation\, and overall strategy. Ms. Dunn was a chief strategist to former President Barack Obama\, as a senior campaign advisor and as the White House Communications Director. She oversaw all communications strategy and messaging and helped the former President navigate a complex legislative and political landscape early in his administration. Named one of Washingtonian’s most powerful women in 2019\, She also served in a variety of senior roles for other key Democrats throughout her career\, including Tom Daschle\, Bill Bradley\, and Evan Bayh. \n  \nAlex Latcham is a native of Des Moines\, Iowa\, and has worked for President Trump for over eight years\, most recently as the Director of Congressional Engagement for his historic 2024 campaign. In this role\, Latcham oversaw the campaign’s engagement with members of Congress\, regularly advised President Trump on political races and endorsements\, and served as the campaign’s primary liaison to the NRCC\, NRSC\, and RGA. During the 2024 Republican primary\, Alex Latcham served as the Early States Director\, planning and directing all campaign activity and staff within the early four nominating states of Iowa\, New Hampshire\, South Carolina\, and Nevada. In this role\, Latcham contributed to historic victories that enabled President Trump to quickly and decisively secure the Republican nomination. During President Trump’s first term\, Latcham served as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Political Director. In this role\, Latcham managed President Trump’s political and official engagements across the nation and regularly worked with national and state political parties\, cabinet members\, members of congress\, state constitutional officers\, and other key industries and organizations to strategically advance the administration’s political and policy priorities. From 2014-2016\, Latcham was political director for the Republican Party of Iowa and was part of a small team responsible for the successful planning and execution of the record-setting 2016 Iowa Republican Caucuses. Alex Latcham holds a B.A. in Political Science from Drake University. \n  \nJonathan Martin is the politics bureau chief and senior political columnist at POLITICO\, where he writes a reported column on the inside conversation and big-picture trends shaping politics. Prior to starting his column in 2022\, Martin was the national political correspondent for The New York Times\, serving as the publication’s top political reporter for nearly a decade. He is the co-author of The New York Times bestseller “This Will Not Pass: Trump\, Biden\, and the Battle for America’s Future\,” which gave readers in-the-room access to the extraordinary events of the 2020 election and its aftermath. Martin regularly provides on-air political analysis for ABC\, NBC and CBS. He and his wife\, Betsy\, live in Washington and New Orleans. \n  \nMolly Murphy is a top pollster and campaign strategist who has worked on some of the most consequential campaigns in recent history. Molly has experience with hundreds of statewide\, congressional\, and local races\, helping elect Democrats in Republican and swing districts and making it possible for Democrats to prevail in competitive primaries. In addition to her work with candidates\, Molly serves as one of the lead pollsters for the Harris-Walz campaign\, is a lead advisor to the DCCC\, closely supports the DSCC and DGA\, and has extensive research experience for progressive issue organizations. \n  \nChuck Todd is the Chief Political Analyst for NBC News\, leading all aspects of the news division’s political coverage and analysis. Exclusively represented by the Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau\, he offers a comprehensive picture of the current political landscape\, making him one of the most sought-after voices in American political coverage. Throughout his career at NBC News\, Todd served as the revered Meet the Press Moderator\, Chief White House Correspondent\, and Host of The Daily Rundown\, NBC News Now\, Meet the Press NOW\, and Meet the Press Daily. He also co-moderated the two most-watched Democratic presidential debates in NBC’s history. Along with teaching a graduate-level political communications course at Johns Hopkins University\, Todd contributes to publications like the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, and the Atlantic Monthly\, where he is a contributing editor. He is also the author of “The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House” and co-author of “How Barack Obama Won.” Todd has been recognized by an array of organizations and publications\, including GQ\, George Magazine\, and Washingtonian.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-2024-post-election-conference-national-panel/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
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SUMMARY:The 2024 Post Election Conference: Kansas Panel
DESCRIPTION:Join Dole Fellow Jonathan Shorman as he moderates the Kansas Panel of the 2024 Post Election Conference. Shorman will lead a panel that will provide an overview of elections throughout Kansas this year\, including the race to become the next representative of the Kansas 2nd Congressional District\, and political realignment that has led eastern Kansas into becoming one of the nation’s leading battlegrounds. \n  \nAbout the Post Election Conference\nHeld biennially after midterm and general elections\, the Dole Institute’s Post Election Conference brings journalists\, practitioners\, and experts together to analyze campaigns and election results in Kansas and throughout the country. \n  \n\n  \n \nJonathan Shorman is The Kansas City Star’s lead political reporter\, covering Kansas and Missouri government. Shorman has spent more than a decade covering politics in both states\, including previously at The Wichita Eagle. He was part of a team of Eagle reporters who won the 2019 George Polk Award for political reporting. \n  \n \nEric Pahls is a Vice President at Big Dog Strategies\, managing election campaigns at the local\, state\, and federal levels. Most recently\, he assisted in the campaign of Representative-elect Derek Schmidt (R-KS). Pahls is also an alum of the University of Kansas and the Dole Institute Student Advisory Board. \n  \n \nCole Robinson is a Prairie Village native and ’06 graduate of the University of Kansas. After playing poker professionally and trading financial markets through his 20s and early 30s\, he moved on to politics starting in 2016\, as campaign manager for Johnson County Chairman Mike Kelly and Lenexa Mayor Julie Sayers. Currently\, Cole serves as the Executive Director of the Johnson County Democratic Party. \n  \n \nLisa Rodriguez became news director at KCUR in 2020\, after holding many other roles at the station: newscaster\, city hall reporter and talk show producer. Born in Santiago\, Chile\, Lisa was named Editor of the Year by the Public Media Journalists’ Association in 2023.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-2024-post-election-conference-kansas-panel/
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SUMMARY:2022 National Post-Election Conference (Session 2)
DESCRIPTION:Dole Institute Director Emeritus Bill Lacy returns to moderate this comprehensive biennial conference that delves into the key strategies of elections. The National Post-Election Conference follows each national election and features political experts\, state and national strategists\, pollsters\, journalists\, and campaign officials who analyze how and why elections were won and lost\, and what that will mean for the next two years. \nPanelists: \n•	Bill Lacy: Director Emeritus of the Dole Institute of Politics \n•	Gerald F. Seib: Former Executive Editor of The Wall Street Journal \n•	Brendan Buck: Former Aide to Speaker Ryan \n•	Mike Shields: Founder of Convergence Media \n•	Molly Murphy: President of Impact Research \n•	Joshua Jamerson: East Coast Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal \n•	Jessica Taylor: Senate and Governors Editor for The Cook Political Report \n•	Jeffrey Horwitt: Partner at Hart Research \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation\, as well as civil discourse\, in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive\, and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of U.S. Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/2022-national-post-election-conference-session-2/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Post-Election Conferences
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SUMMARY:2022 National Post-Election Conference (Session 1)
DESCRIPTION:Dole Institute Director Emeritus Bill Lacy returns to moderate this comprehensive biennial conference that delves into the key strategies of elections. The National Post-Election Conference follows each national election and features political experts\, state and national strategists\, pollsters\, journalists\, and campaign officials who analyze how and why elections were won and lost\, and what that will mean for the next two years. \nPanelists: \n•	Bill Lacy: Director Emeritus of the Dole Institute of Politics \n•	Gerald F. Seib: Former Executive Editor of The Wall Street Journal \n•	Brendan Buck: Former Aide to Speaker Ryan \n•	Mike Shields: Founder of Convergence Media \n•	Molly Murphy: President of Impact Research \n•	Joshua Jamerson: East Coast Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal \n•	Jessica Taylor: Senate and Governors Editor for The Cook Political Report \n•	Jeffrey Horwitt: Partner at Hart Research \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive\, and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of US Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/2022-national-post-election-conference-session-1/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Post-Election Conferences
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SUMMARY:2022 Kansas Post-Election Conference
DESCRIPTION:Dole Institute Director Emeritus Bill Lacy returns to moderate this comprehensive biennial conference that delves into the key strategies of elections. The Kansas Post-Election Conference follows each Kansas election and features political experts\, journalists\, and campaign officials who analyze how and why elections were won and lost\, and what that will mean for the next two years. \nPanelists: \n•	Katie Bernard: Reporter for the Kansas City Star \n•	Evan Gates: Executive Director at Kansas Values Institute  \n•	Alexandra Middlewood: Assistant Professor of Political Science at WSU \n•	Patrick Miller: Associate Professor of Political Science at KU \n•	Shelbi Dantic: Campaign Manager for Kelly  \n•	CJ Grover: Campaign Manager for Schmidt  \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive\, and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of US Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/2022-kansas-post-election-conference/
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SUMMARY:2020 National Post-Election Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Dole Institute’s Pose-Election Conference will take on a new form during the COVID-19 pandemic. \n“Our Post-Election Conference is one of the most anticipated events we have at the institute\,” said Director Bill Lacy. “However\, COVID-19 made it impossible to hold the conference the way we have in the past. Given the historic nature of this year’s election\, we felt canceling the conference was not an option. So\, we have gathered eleven world-class guests for a video series that delves deeply into one of the most unique national elections in our country’s history.” \nIn this new format\, each guest was interviewed individually by Lacy\, allowing for in-depth analysis and insight. All eleven videos are currently available for viewing. The series can be binge-watched or doled out over time. \n  \nMichael Glassner \n \nMichael Glassner\, Chief Operating Officer for Trump’s reelection campaign\, discusses how the election played out from the Trump campaign’s point of view. He focusses on the time between the midterms and now\, and how things like the pandemic\, racial justice protests\, and the debates were approached by the campaign. He also discusses the trump campaign’s messaging strategy and stories from the campaign trail\, especially the rallies. \nMichael S. Glassner was Senior Advisor and Chief Operating Officer for Donald J. Trump\, Inc.\, as well as a top strategist of the President’s 2020 campaign organization\, and currently serves as President of C&M Transcontinental. Michael formerly served as Regional Political Director for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in the Southwest Region\, Senior Vice President for External Affairs at the IDT Corporation\, and was a top political and policy advisor to Senator Bob Dole. He was also a Dole Institute Visiting Fellow. \n  \nJeff Greenfield \n \nJeff Greenfield\, author\, journalist\, former political analyst for CBS\, CNN\, ABC\, and current analyst for PBS\, talks about his background as a long-time political analyst in journalism. He discusses his experience covering Trump’s presidency and the election\, and why he thinks the election played out the way it did. He gives his insights into America’s political landscape\, talking about where the two parties stand now and what he thinks their challenges will be in the future. \nJeff Greenfield\, a veteran political\, media and culture reporter\, and analyst has spent more than thirty years on network television while also working as a print journalist and best-selling author. In his 30+ plus years at CBS\, CNN\, ABC\, and PBS\, he has reported on matters political and cultural. Greenfield also has reported on the media\, culture\, and trends for the cable network. He is currently a columnist for POLITICO and a contributing correspondent for PBS’“Newshour.” Greenfield also worked as a speechwriter for the Senate\, Robert Kennedy\, and John Lindsay and served as a columnist for TIME Magazine. \n  \nEric Pahls \n \nEric Pahls\, who managed the campaign for Senator-elect Roger Marshall\, gives an account of the campaign from start to finish\, adding his insights about various points in the campaign. He talks about messaging strategies and T.V. ads and Marshall as a candidate and how he stacked up against Barbara Bollier. He also talked about Republicans and Democrats in general and what he thinks about the challenges the parties will face in the future. \nEric Pahls is a proud native Kansan who served as Campaign Manager for Dr. Roger Marshall’s successful 2020 U.S. Senate Campaign. Prior to 2020\, he served as businesswoman Carly Fiorina’s Communications Director\, and as the youngest Press Secretary on Capitol Hill after working on Dr. Marshall’s successful 2016 Congressional campaign\, which notably unseated the incumbent. Eric is a graduate of the University of Kansas and was a Student Advisory Board Member and student staff member at the Dole Institute of Politics throughout college.” \n  \nMax Glass \n \nPolitical Campaign Manager Max Glass discusses the Barbara Bollier campaign\, including its strengths\, weaknesses\, and challenges as they faced their competition for a senate seat. He reflects on what he would have done differently and why the campaign made the decisions they did. He has worked on a variety of Democratic campaigns including the congressional campaign of former Presidential candidate Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of HI. \n  \nKatie Glueck \n \nNew York Times writer Katie Glueck discusses the early campaign of Joe Biden\, what his campaign did for Super Tuesday and primary season in general\, and how both campaigns operated during the pandemic. Glueck speaks about what it’s like covering a campaign during a pandemic and goes on to address the general election and Biden’s path to victory. She discusses the results of the election for all sections of politics and the upcoming Georgia Senate race runoff. \nKatie Glueck is a national politics reporter at The New York Times\, where she covered the 2020 presidential campaign as a lead reporter on Joe Biden. She previously covered politics for McClatchy’s Washington bureau and Politico. Her work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal\, Washingtonian magazine\, Town & Country magazine\, and The Austin American-Statesman. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and is a native of Leawood\, Kan. She lives in New York City. \n  \nErin Wilson \n \nErin Wilson\, National Political Director for President-Elect Biden\, describes what working on the Biden campaign was like at the beginning and what trials the Biden campaign went through to secure their path to the candidacy and ultimately the presidency. She addresses how the campaign reacted to the George Floyd incident. Wilson discusses the selection of Kamala Harris as the vice president. Differences between how Republicans and Democrats campaigned. Pathway to victory. She describes creating a virtual campaign and now a digital inauguration in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. \nWilson\, a Philadelphia native and national political director for Biden’s presidential campaign\, currently serves as deputy executive director of the inauguration committee. She formerly worked for Sen. Bob Casey and the Democratic National Committee. \n  \nJoe Lenski \n \nPollster Joe Lenski discusses exit polling and the unique challenges of the 2020 election. He examines what type of people voted for which candidate and analyzes the data from the past year. \nJoe Lenski is co-founder and Executive Vice President of Edison Research. Under his supervision\, Edison Research currently conducts all exit polls in the United States for the four major news organizations. Joe has also served as Councilor-at-Large for the American Association for Public Opinion Research\, Secretary-Treasurer of AAPOR\, and Statistical Analyst for the CBS News/New York Times Poll.” \n  \nFrank Fahrenkopf \n \n  \nFrank Fahrenkopf\, former RNC chairman and co-founder of the Commission on Presidential Debates\, talks about the history of presidential debates in our country\, sharing stories about past debates. Additionally\, he discusses how the debates work and their importance. He recounts how he founded the commission. \nFrank J. Fahrenkopf\, Jr. is Co-Chair of the Commission on Presidential Debate\, which he co-founded in 1987. He was President and CEO of the American Gaming Association until he retired in 2013. A lawyer by profession\, Frank gained national prominence during the 1980s when he served as chairman of the Republican Party for six of President Ronald Reagan’s eight years in the White House. He also was a founder of the National Endowment for Democracy and the International Republican Institute. \n  \nDan Balz \n \nWashington Post Chief Correspondent Dan Balz discusses Biden’s path to victory – from the primary election season to November 3. He speaks at length about how the pandemic affected both campaigns\, the importance of adaptability during the pandemic\, and how campaigns put together their respective conventions. He also analyzes what the campaigns did to reach their electoral votes. Balz shares his insights on the first presidential debate\, polling\, and the months leading into November. \nDan Balz is chief correspondent at The Washington Post. He joined the paper in 1978 and has been on the front lines of the Post’s political coverage as a reporter or editor throughout his career. He is the author or co-author of several books\, including two New York Times bestsellers: Collision 2012: Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America and\, with co-author Haynes Johnson\, “The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election.” \n  \nSteven Jacques \n \nDemocratic advisor Steven Jacques reflects on the beginning of the year for the Democratic race\, how both campaigns reached voters during the primary and their different approaches to conventions. He discusses the presidential debates and what cable news has done to politics. He offers insight into the future of campaigning. \nSteven has served on the White House staff and worked for the White House as an outside contractor in three administrations\, leading presidential and vice-presidential advance teams throughout the U.S. and the world. He served as a senior official in the U.S. State Department\, U.S. Commerce Department\, and U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. He has served on national staff in twelve presidential campaigns\, from Jimmy Carter to Barack Obama\, and was Obama’s senior national lead advance throughout the ’07 – ’08 campaign. He is a former senior fellow of the Dole Institute of Politics. \n  \nFrancesca Chambers \n \nFrancesca Chambers\, White House Correspondent for McClatchy\, talks about her experience covering the White House over the course of the last year. She gives insight into how the White House responded to various events\, such as COVID\, racial justice\, the debates\, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing\, and how they affected Trump’s reelection campaign. She also discusses what it was like being a reporter in the White House during the pandemic\, the election\, and her plans to cover the Biden Administration. \nFrancesca Chambers is a White House Correspondent for McClatchy. She previously held the position of Senior White House Correspondent at DailyMail.com and its Emmy-winning\, syndicated newsmagazine DailyMailTV. She has covered the White House since late 2014 across two administrations – Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump – and reported on the presidential campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in 2016. She is a proud graduate of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas\, from which she also has a B.A. in political science. She was a member of the Dole Institute Student Advisory Board. \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/2020-post-election-conference/
CATEGORIES:Post-Election Conferences
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SUMMARY:2018 National Post-Election Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Dole Institute’s nationally-recognized Post-Election Conference delves into the key strategies of elections to examine how and why they are won and lost. A panel of journalists\, pollsters\, campaign strategists and political consultants will visit the institute to dissect the midterms and what the results could mean for 2020. Panelists will include:\nJason Bresler\, national political director\, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)\nRandy Brown\, vice president\, Edison Research\nEliza Collins\, Congressional reporter\, USA Today\nKelly Dietrich\, founder\, National Democratic Training Committee and Fall 2018 Dole Fellow\nJennifer Duffy\, senior editor\, Cook Political Report\nJessica Flanagain\, senior vice president\, Axiom Strategies\nKatie Glueck\, senior national political correspondent\, McClatchy D.C.\nJim Jonas\, senior communication strategist\, Centennial Strategies and Spring 2018 Dole Fellow\nMichele L. Watley\, Democratic strategist and consultant\nSchedule\n2:30 p.m. – Event begins\n3:30 p.m. – 15 minute break\n4:30 p.m. – Event concludes
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/2018-3/
CATEGORIES:Post-Election Conferences
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SUMMARY:2018 Kansas Post-Election Conference
DESCRIPTION:Explore the 2018 Kansas elections and their implications in this conference with political experts\, journalists and strategists from across the state. Panelists will include:\nKerry Gooch\, campaign manager\, Paul Davis campaign\nC.J. Grover\, campaign manager\, Kevin Yoder campaign\nJohn Hanna\, correspondent\, Associated Press\nPat Leopold\, campaign manager\, Steve Watkins campaign\nDaniel McNamara\, campaign manager\, Sharice Davids campaign\nPatrick Miller\, assistant professor of political science\, the University of Kansas\nJared Suhn\, principal\, The Singularis Group\nCaroline Sweeney\, reporter\, KCTV5\nHunter Woodall\, political reporter\, The Kansas City Star\nJordanna Zeigler\, campaign manager\, Laura Kelly campaign\nRepresentatives from the Kris Kobach and Greg Orman campaigns were invited to attend.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/2018-2/
CATEGORIES:Post-Election Conferences
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