Carrie Dann

My panel is here.

CNN senior analyst, political analyst Ron Brownstein, the managing editor at the Cook Political Report, Carrie Dann, former communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris, Jamal Simmons, and Republican strategist Brad Todd.

They're both CNN political commentators.

We are also joined by CNN senior political commentator Ana Navarro.

I am Kathryn Krantz, managing director on the portfolio strategy team at BMO.

I am gonna be joined today with my colleague, Francois Trahan, who is the chief strategist, and our special guest, Carrie Dann, who is the managing editor of Cook Political Report.

We are here today to kick off a new series of macro fireside chats, and today's topic is Beyond the Polls: Implications of the 2026 Midterms, these questions that everyone has on their mind about what's going to happen in November and how that's going to impact markets.

So we will be diving into a bit of a, an intro for that first, and then we will turn it over to a discussion with Carrie to get her incredible insights on where she thinks things are headed in the elections and beyond.

All right, I'm going to end my comments with this, Catherine, and turn it back to you.

Thank you, Francois.

All right, so now we're gonna begin our conversation with Carrie Dann.

Carrie, thank you so much for joining us today.