NEWS & Insights
Meghan Schmidtlein, former Legislative Director to U.S. Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer, has joined the Husch Blackwell Strategies Federal team as a Principal in the firm’s Washington, DC office. She served on Capitol Hill for ten years as a legislative staff member to senior members of Congress and two years helping to lead federal advocacy for one of the nation’s largest and top-ranked state university systems.
Husch Blackwell Strategies continues to broaden its national advocacy footprint with a presence now in Tennessee as the long-standing statewide lobbying firm Harris Frazier Government Relations in Nashville becomes the eleventh state capital office for HBS.
Now is the time to prepare for next year as a new Congress is sworn in January 3, 2025. The HBS Federal team in Washington has prepared a user-friendly reference calendar showing the House and Senate legislative schedules, State and District work periods, and federal holidays.
The Hill is out with its annual list of top lobbyists in Washington and this year’s list includes Husch Blackwell Strategies CEO Andy Blunt, Executive Vice President Federal Government Affairs Stacy McBride, and Managing Principal Eric Lausten.
Ballots are still being counted across the United States but former President Donald Trump has secured enough electoral votes to return to the White House and Husch Blackwell Strategies CEO Andy Blunt has spent the day after Election Day taking a closer look at the returns for the presidential race as well as Congress and state governors.
HBS Colorado Principal Lisa LaBriola, a regular contributor to the Denver Gazette, writes recently that political differences should not lead to knock-down fights, “The exchange of ideas, no matter how different they might be, is the cornerstone of a healthy political system.”
HBS Maryland Managing Principal Sarah Peters has again been recognized by The National Institute for Lobbying & Ethics (NILE) as a top lobbyist in its annual list, the second time in just three years.
With less than two weeks left until Election Day, Husch Blackwell Strategies CEO Andy Blunt hosted a live HBS Webinar with two national analysts, Jim Ellis and Zac McCrary, as they share their readout of what the poll numbers mean and what they expect on election night and the days after.
In today’s snapshot report, Political Overtime, Andy notes seven swing states are the key to what happens and “the outcome of the presidential election could take a week to sort out and if only a few votes in competitive districts is separating the candidates, then it could be close to a month after Election Day until we determine control of the House.”
The final stretch of the 2024 Election season is here and after an eventful summer with six weeks to go before Election Day, Husch Blackwell Strategies CEO Andy Blunt has a last look at how he expects it all could play out.
