Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will headline the Republican National Committee’s spring retreat, the committee announced Monday in an email to supporters obtained by the Washington Examiner.
The meeting will be held March 20-22 at the Waldorf Astoria resort in Boca Raton, Fla., for major donors to the Republican Majority Fund, a joint fundraising committee that supported Republican Senate candidates and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Bush was notably absent from the committee’s larger winter meeting in San Diego, where Mitt Romney, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Dr. Ben Carson spoke, hoping to foment buzz for their potential presidential candidacies. Bush instead opted for a fundraising swing through California, part of a major push to post an eye-popping haul for the first quarter since he announced he is exploring a bid for president.
Should Bush ultimately decide to run for president, an avenue he appears to favor, the timing of the RNC retreat would likely fall not long before or after his official announcement.
Other headlining guests at the retreat will include freshman Republican Sens. Cory Gardner, Mike Rounds and Thom Tillis, the committee confirmed in the email. Bush campaigned for Tillis in person in North Carolina during the midterm election cycle.
