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Engineering Influence from ACEC · Wednesday · 22 min

The Midterms and What Comes Next

What do the 2026 midterm elections mean for infrastructure, the engineering industry, and the prospects for divided government in Washington? In this episode of Engineering Influence, recorded live at the 2026 ACEC Fall Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, we sit down with Ambassador Jeff Flake, former U.S. Senator from Arizona and U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, and Bruce Mehlman, one of Washington’s leading political strategists, for a candid, bipartisan look at where the election is headed and what it means for policy in 2027 and beyond.

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What do the 2026 midterm elections mean for infrastructure, the engineering industry, and the prospects for divided government in Washington?

In this episode of Engineering Influence, recorded live at the 2026 ACEC Fall Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, we sit down with Ambassador Jeff Flake, former U.S. Senator from Arizona and U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, and Bruce Mehlman, one of Washington’s leading political strategists, for a candid, bipartisan look at where the election is headed and what it means for policy in 2027 and beyond.

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