Advocacy opportunities for 119th Congress addressed in post-election webinar

by America's Credit Unions

A post-election webinar hosted by the America’s Credit Unions advocacy team Thursday focused on a wide range of issues and opportunities for credit unions in both the lame duck and new Congress.

Panelists included America’s Credit Unions’ Chief Advocacy Officer Carrie Hunt; Senior Vice President of Advocacy Greg Mesack; Head of Political Affairs Trey Hawkins; and Head of Legislative Advocacy Brad Thaler; and outside industry perspective from Zach Pfister, Brownstein; and Saat Alety, Federal Hall Policy Advisors.

Even with a few races still not called, the 119th Congress will be pro-credit union based on the election success of credit union-supported candidates. America’s Credit Unions, its PAC, and state Leagues invested more than $7 million in this year’s election cycle. Hawkins shared the latest election results as of Thursday afternoon, with credit union champions winning 347 out of 353 called races, a 98.3% win rate. The latest updated results are available at the Credit Union Elections Hub.

Election support in open seats resulted in 40 wins in 40 called races so far involving new members of Congress. America’s Credit Unions and Leagues worked with candidates and partner credit unions to choose open-seat candidates to support.

 

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