Top presidential candidate advisers, others coming to KU for Dole Institute Post-Election Conference

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton answers a question as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens during the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/John Locher)

The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has released a list of prominent presidential candidate advisers, pollsters, journalists and others coming to campus for next week’s Post-Election Conference.

The nationally recognized biennial event will take place Dec. 8 and Dec. 9 at the Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive. The Dole Center announced Wednesday that the following panelists are scheduled to participate:

• Alex Burns – political correspondent, The New York Times

• Jai Chabria – senior adviser, Kasich campaign

• Alan Cobb – senior adviser and director of coalitions, Trump campaign

• Michael Glassner – deputy campaign manager, Trump campaign

• Todd Harris – senior adviser, Rubio campaign

• Caitlin Huey-Burns – national political reporter, RealClearPolitics

• Sarah Isgur Flores – deputy campaign manager, Fiorina campaign

• Sasha Issenberg – contributor, Bloomberg Politics; Washington correspondent, Monocle

• M.J. Lee – national political reporter, CNN

• Marlon Marshall – director of state campaigns and political engagement, Clinton campaign

• John McLaughlin – pollster, Trump campaign

• Mary Meyn – director of research, Edison Research

• Colleen McCain Nelson – White House correspondent, The Wall Street Journal

• Jennifer Palmieri – director of communications, Clinton campaign

• Christina Reynolds – deputy communications director, Clinton campaign

• Jeff Roe – campaign manager, Cruz campaign

• Symone Sanders – national press secretary, Sanders campaign

• Luke Thompson – special adviser and chief empiricist, Right to Rise (Jeb Bush Super PAC)

Several of the panelists are KU alumni, including Glassner, Marshall and McCain Nelson.

Since 2006, the Dole Institute has hosted a biennial Post-Election Conference to break down key strategies of elections, and how and why they are won and lost.

“The national post-election program is the most in-depth and informational program we do,” Dole Institute Director Bill Lacy said, in a statement. “The interaction among the panelists leads to tremendous insight and entertainment and will be especially fascinating given the nature of this election.”

A session focusing on the Democratic presidential race will be from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Dec. 8. The Republican race session will be from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Dec. 8. Sessions focusing on the general election will be from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 9.

All sessions are free and open to the public. More details and a live-stream of the events can be found online at DoleInstitute.org.