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Donald Trump to close out first full day of RPOF Sunshine Summit

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Donald Trump, the solid front-runner in Florida and nationally in the GOP presidential race, will be the sixth and final candidate to speak at the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit taking place Nov. 13-14 at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando.

Twelve candidates in all will participate in the event, a fundraiser for the RPOF and one that looked in danger of being a bust just a few weeks ago, when only native sons Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush had committed to participating.

Rubio will be the first speaker Friday the 13th. Bush will also speak that day, with Trump closing out the day with a 5:30 p.m. scheduled speech.

Ben Carson, George Pataki and Jim Gilmore are the only other candidates who have not yet committed to the event. Carson will be making multiple stops in early November as part of his national book tour.

The RPOF says that the four candidates running for Senate: Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, former CIA contractor Todd Wilcox, and U.S. Reps. David Jolly and Ron DeSantis will also speak, times to be determined.

The Sunshine Summit officially kicks off Thursday, Nov. 12, with a speech by former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Listed below is the entire schedule:

Friday, Nov. 13:

11:30 a.m. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio Remarks

12:30 p.m. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz Remarks

1 p.m. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham Remarks

2 p.m. Gov. Mike Huckabee Remarks

4 p.m. Gov. Jeb Bush Remarks

5:30 p.m. Donald Trump Remarks

Saturday, Nov. 14:

11 a.m. Sen. Rick Santorum Remarks

1 p.m. Gov. Bobby Jindal Remarks

1:30 p.m. Sen. Rand Paul Remarks

2 p.m. Gov. Chris Christie Remarks

2:30 p.m. Gov. John Kasich Remarks

4 p.m. Carly Fiorina Remarks

Mitch Perry has been a reporter with Extensive Enterprises since November of 2014. Previously, he served as five years as the political editor of the alternative newsweekly Creative Loafing. He also was the assistant news director with WMNF 88.5 FM in Tampa from 2000-2009, and currently hosts MidPoint, a weekly talk show, on WMNF on Thursday afternoons. He began his reporting career at KPFA radio in Berkeley. He's a San Francisco native who has now lived in Tampa for 15 years and can be reached at [email protected].

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