GOP presidential candidates coming to Columbus. Here’s when Trump and others will speak
Columbus will be the center of the Georgia Republican Party’s universe when the city hosts the GOP’s 2023 state convention June 9 and 10.
Party officials haven’t released a complete schedule of who is speaking when in the Columbus Convention & Trade Center, but here are the available details, based on the agenda, posted at gagop.org and emails to media outlets from the Georgia Republican Party, including when former President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak.
June 9 Georgia GOP convention schedule
9 a.m. Registration opens. Committee meetings for nominations, rules, resolutions and credentials. Breakout sessions:
- Minority Outreach seminar, led by Linda Vega and Shelley Wynter
- Statewide Voter Initiative seminar, led by Greater Georgia Action
- Leadership Institute seminar, for new and returning county and district chairs
- “What We Must Do to Secure Georgia’s 2024 Elections,” led by Garland Favorito
11 a.m. Breakout sessions, with the same choices as the 9 a.m. options.
2 p.m. Convention begins, speaker schedule TBA
5 p.m. Convention recesses. County chair meetings
6 p.m. Registration closes. Reception and dinner.
7:30 p.m. Keynote speech by Kari Lake, a former TV news anchor who was the Republican nominee in the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election and has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate.
June 10 Georgia GOP convention schedule
7 a.m. Registration opens
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
9 a.m. Prayer service. Committee meetings for nominations, rules, resolutions and credentials
10 a.m. Registration closes. Convention reconvenes for party business, election of party officers and guest speakers
Noon Boxed lunch
2:30 p.m. Former President Donald Trump speaks. Trump is leading in the 2024 GOP presidential candidate polls. Immediate past Muscogee County Republican Party chairman Alton Russell, who serves on the Georgia GOP executive committee, told the Ledger-Enquirer it will be the first time in the state party’s history that a president or former president has spoken at its convention.
7 p.m. Reception with live band and dancing.
Additional info about Georgia GOP convention speaker schedule
Russell told the L-E former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a presidential candidate, will speak at the June 10 breakfast and former Vice President Mike Pence, who is expected to announce his presidential campaign June 7, will speak via video sometime during the convention.
This story was originally published June 1, 2023 at 1:57 PM.
