Republican Mitt Romney will return to the commonwealth Thursday to raise money in Richmond, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling’s office confirmed Tuesday.
Bolling serves as chairman of Romney’s Virginia campaign and will be at the fundraiser Thursday evening. Gov. Bob McDonnell will stop by briefly as well, his political office said.
Romney, who made his first public appearance in the Old Dominion as a presidential candidate with a two-day stop in Fairfax County in October, will be at the Downtown Richmond Marriot at 6:45 p.m. Attempts to reach Romney’s campaign to discuss details of the fundraiser were unsuccessful.
With Bolling’s campaign operation at his disposal, the former Massachusetts governor’s presence in Virginia far outpaces the rest of the Republican presidential field and is second only to President Obama.
