WASHINGTON, D.C. - A week after Democrats in Ohio decide who they want as their presidential nominee in 2020, Republicans will host Vice President Mike Pence at a fundraiser in Akron for Summit County’s Republican Party.

An Ohio Republican Party spokesman said Pence will headline the local party’s 2020 Lincoln Day Dinner on Tuesday, March 24. The 5:30 p.m. event will be held at Todaro’s Party Center in Akron.

The event will be a week after the state’s Democrats vote in a hotly contested presidential primary that’s likely to draw big-name Democratic Party surrogates to the state.

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