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Jonathan Martin Headlines 2024 Election Preview Breakfast for Washington Women Technology Network

February 28, 2024 By WHC Insider

POLITICO’s Jonathan Martin (center) with Jessica Nigro, VP of External Affairs for Lucid Motors (left), and Tammy Haddad, CEO of Haddad Media, in front of the new Lucid Air.

On Tuesday, the Washington Women Technology Network (WWTN) brought together two dozen stakeholders from government, media, and policy for a 2024 election preview with POLITICO’s senior political columnist Jonathan Martin. Jessica Nigro, Lucid Motors’ vice president of external affairs, and WWTN and Washington AI Network founder Tammy Haddad co-hosted the breakfast at the House at 1229. 

LtoR: Political strategist Adrienne Elrod, featured guest Jonathan Martin, co-host Jessica Nigro, Maryam Mujica of Booking Holdings, and BBC presenter Sami Somaskanda.

Martin writes in his most recent column that—in the 2024 election cycle—”cold, unchanging math is the determinative factor, not the old standbys.” This theme coursed through the breakfast as Martin shared observations from the campaign trail and South Carolina’s GOP primary, where Donald Trump beat the state’s former governor Nikki Haley by 20 points.  

Jonathan Martin (right) congratulates Deesha Dyer (center) on her upcoming new book as Crystal Carson (center left) and Kathy O’Hearn (far left) applaud.

Following the discussion, guests were treated to ride-and-drives around Dupont Circle in a pair of Lucid Motors’ award-winning EV—the Lucid Air—which can travel over 500 miles on a single charge.

Guests included Senator Mark Warner’s chief of staff, Elizabeth Falcone, British Embassy political director Senay Bulbul, YouTube’s Alexandra Veitch, Maryam Mujica from Booking Holdings, political strategiest Adrienne Elrod, president of Hook & Fasten Consulting and former White House social secretary Deesha Dyer, Michelle Obama’s communications director Crystal Carson, GlobalWIN founder Helen Milby, Washington Post chief communications office Kathy Baird; BBC Washington presenter Sumi Somaskanda; Washington Post Live executive producer Kathy O’Hearn, Shaniqua McClendon from Crooked Media, Invariant’s Kris Coratti, Nkechi Nneji from Meta, Jessica Sarhan of Bloomberg News, Lyft’s Heather Foster , Aspen Strategy Group director Niamh King, and Amanda Anderson from Block.

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