What the Midterms Mean for Corporate Reputations

July 16 at 1:00 p.m. ET

Corporate practices are on the ballot in 2026. And the reputational risk is only building.

It's just over 100 days out from the Midterm elections, and candidates from both parties are already running hard on the issues where corporate reputations are already exposed: cost-of-living pressures, AI's mounting labor impacts, and rising scrutiny of corporate power. For organizations in essential services — energy, healthcare, consumer staples — the pressure is acute and growing quick. But, the deeper risk isn't what's happening on the trail. It's whether the strategic decisions companies have already made will hold up in a different political environment.

Join President Luke Hartig and Chief Strategy Officer Kendall VanHoose for a data-driven briefing on where midterm risk is concentrated and what it means for your communications strategy. Drawing on new survey findings paneling leading communications executives, we'll cover:

  • The campaign backdrop. Which candidate themes are generating the most concern among communicators, which sectors face the greatest exposure, and where narrative pressure is building.
  • The preparedness gap. What our survey reveals about how organizations are monitoring midterm risk, and the distance between awareness and action.
  • The post-midterm landscape. What a shift in congressional control means for oversight activity, regulatory pressure, and the expectations companies will face on issues they've stepped back from.

We hope to see you there.