Fall New Hampshire events likely to draw 2024 Republican presidential candidates

Former President Donald Trump continues to dominate the 2024 Republican field as he seeks his party’s nomination and the right to a rematch against President Joe Biden. But that’s hardly stopping GOP rivals from hitting campaign events in the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina.

As the Jan. 15, 2024, Iowa caucuses approach, campaign events in the quartet of early states will be late-planning affairs. But a bunch are already on the books with the potential, in some cases likelihood, of drawing the bulk of the Republican presidential field. It’s a candidates scrum that in addition to Trump includes Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).

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Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley also is in the race. She was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations for nearly two years in the Trump administration after her 2011-17 South Carolina governorship in Columbia. Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and former Vice President Mike Pence, Trump’s White House understudy from 2017-21, are also running, plus wealthy entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC).

Biden doesn’t face top-tier Democratic presidential primary rivals, only new age author Marianne Williamson, who ran in 2020 but came up far short, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the political scion and vaccine conspiracy theorist. Kennedy recently acknowledged his estrangement from much of the Democratic Party establishment, significant portions of which he would need to win over in order to claim the 2024 nomination.

“I’m a pariah. Nobody in the Democratic Party talks to me,” Kennedy said in a Harper’s Magazine interview.

Oct. 1 (Sunday)
Meet and Greet With Marianne Williamson
Tamarack Tennis Camp 111 Easton Valley Rd
Franconia, NH 03580
11 a.m. EDT

Oct. 2 (Monday)
Republican Men’s Club of Northern Nevada
Atlantis Casino and Resort
3800 Virginia St.
Reno, NV 89502
11 a.m.-1 p.m. PDT

Oct. 9 (Monday)
Annual Ken & Jane Rasch Chili Supper
The Cardiff Event Center at Fort Frenzy
3232 1st Ave. S, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
5:30-7:30 p.m. CDT

Attendees include Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA) and Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA). Both are neutral in the 2024 GOP nominating fight, at least so far. Their planned participation makes the event a desirable one for Republican presidential candidates to appear at, with abundant opportunities to greet potential caucusgoers and meet campaign donors.

Oct. 12 (Thursday)
NHGOP 170th Founding Anniversary Celebration
Stark Brewing Company
500 N. Commercial Street
Manchester, NH 03101
6:30-9 p.m. EDT

Oct. 13 (Friday)
First in the Nation Leadership Summit
11 Tara Blvd
Nashua, NH 03062
1 p.m. EDT

Per organizers, “The Summit will feature Presidential candidates, elected officials, and Republican thought leaders from across the nation joining together to discuss conservative solutions to today’s issues.”

Oct. 13-14 (Friday-Saturday)
Iowa Federation of Republican Women Biennial Convention
Sheraton West Des Moines Hotel
1800 50th St., West Des Moines, IA 50266
Friday, Oct. 13, 7 p.m.-Saturday, Oct. 14, 4:30 p.m. CDT.
Invited speakers: “All Presidential Candidates,” per event organizers.

Oct. 14 (Saturday)
Sullivan County GOP Harvest Dinner
365 Lovers Lane Rd.
Charleston, NH 30016
6-9 p.m. EDT

Oct. 15 (Sunday)
Winnipesaukee Republican Committee Lincoln-Reagan Dinner
455 Old Mountain Rd.
Moultonborough, NH 03254
5 p.m. EDT

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Oct. 18 (Wednesday)
Reagan Breakfast — A Salute to Teachers
Hosted by the Linn County Republican Central Committee
Radisson Hotel Cedar Rapids
1200 Collins Rd. NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
7-9 a.m. CDT

October 27-29 (Friday-Sunday)
The Republican Jewish Coalition’s Annual Leadership Summit
The Venetian Resort
3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89120
Starting on Friday, Oct. 27, at 4 p.m. PDT
Featured speakers: Christie, DeSantis, Haley, Pence, Ramaswamy, and Scott.