Cheney will speak on the first day of the event, keynoting the 'Statesman’s Dinner.' Dick Cheney to keynote Republican Party of Florida event The party hopes its first Sunshine Summit will attract GOP presidential candidates

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Republican Party of Florida announced Tuesday it will host former vice president Dick Cheney at its first Sunshine Summit, a three-day event it also hopes will draw GOP presidential candidates.

“The Sunshine Summit is a unique opportunity and event where presidential candidates will share their vision for the nation with the more than 2,500 expected activists and grassroots leaders,” said RPOF chairman Blaise Ingoglia in a statement.


Cheney will speak on the first day of the event, keynoting the “Statesman’s Dinner.” The event will run from November 12 through 15, roughly 100 days before Florida’s March 25 presidential preference primary.

Wadi Gaitan, a party spokesman, said that invites were sent to presidential campaigns Monday.

“We will roll out more information on the summit, including presidential candidates that have confirmed their attendance, as we draw closer to the event,” he said.

Gaitan said that the party invited all major Republican presidential candidates to the event, which is being held in Orlando at the Rosen Shingle Creek hotel.

The party expects roughly 2,500 party activists to attend.

“We have a strong lineup of Republican candidates this election and I know that our Party will be well positioned to take back the White House with whoever wins our Party’s nomination,” Ingoglia said in his statement.