Elections Have Consequences: Electoral Analysis with Cassidy & Associates — Lame Duck, Trump’s Final Years, and Planning for 2028

Description

Knowing and planning for the political landscape ahead is essential for positioning your advocacy strategies to be as successful as possible. In this webinar, Cassidy & Associates will provide a comprehensive analysis of the US federal midterm elections, the impacts on the Lame Duck session, 120th Congress and the final Trump years. With a new Congress seated in January, campaigns may have expanded opportunities to push their policy priorities, deepen continued defensive strategies, conduct oversight investigations, and potentially pass new legislation – or to prepare new legislative proposals as we move toward the 2028 election cycle. Attendees will leave this session with a stronger understanding of the new political lay of the land, how to find legislative and regulatory successes, and how to prepare for the next election cycle.

This webinar will cover

• A comprehensive analysis of the federal electoral outcomes.
• The path ahead in 2027-2028 for Congress and the final two years of the Trump Administration.
• Likely policy threats from the Trump Administration and Congress.
• Opportunities to navigate upcoming federal policy vehicles to include your priorities.

Participants will learn

• Ways to include your priorities in upcoming federal policy vehicles.
• How to begin to influence the 2028 DNC policy platform.
• How 501c3 organizations can start to plan for 2028 electoral engagement.

Presenter Biography

Kai Anderson – CEO, Cassidy & Associates

Kai Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of Cassidy & Associates, helps a broad range of corporate and non-profit clients advocate for their interests in Washington, DC. He specializes in designing legislative strategies that balance the development of natural resources and critical infrastructure with conservation.

From positions on and off Capitol Hill, Kai has contributed to numerous conservation campaigns in the West, as well as the responsible development of high-voltage transmission lines, the construction of energy projects, and the siting of critical materials and metals mines. He helps clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies with strategic planning and crisis management.

Kai earned a PhD in geology from Stanford University and came to DC to serve as a Congressional Science Fellow for Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT). He worked nearly six years for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (NV), ultimately as his Deputy Chief of Staff. In 2005, he established an energy and environment advocacy practice at Cassidy. Kai assumed leadership of the firm in 2013 and in addition to his continued client service he takes pride in recruiting the best government affairs professionals.

A native of eastern Oregon, Kai grew up hunting, fishing, and hiking on public lands. He has applied his background and experience in natural resources and earth science to policymaking. He lives in Washington, DC with his family and enjoys growing pomegranates and figs, firing up his backyard pizza oven, and traveling to the West whenever possible.

Will Fadely – Vice President, Cassidy & Associates

Will Fadely is a Vice President at Cassidy & Associates where clients rely on his in-depth experience on Capitol Hill and campaign management working on climate, energy, indigenous, public lands, forestry, extreme heat, and natural resources policies.

Will joined Cassidy in 2021 after serving as a Senior Government Relations Representative at The Wilderness Society where he led federal lobbying coalition strategies to modernize energy policies, protect important landscapes, and help deploy renewable energy projects. Prior to TWS, Will consulted on local Democratic political campaigns in Maryland, while also working at Oceana where he led their successful lobbying efforts to protect our oceans from offshore drilling, as well as support the conservation of sharks in the U.S. Previously, Will worked for Clean Water Action in Baltimore where he helped build coalitions to develop and implement plans to address conservation and economic concerns disproportionately affecting communities in the City, including some of the nation’s first microplastics bans.

Will graduated magna cum laude from George Washington University with a master’s degree of political management, and earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and mass communication from Towson University.