Ahead of expected presidential announcement, Fiorina to crisscross NH
Former business exec. schedules 9 stops in 3 days April 28 through May 1
Ahead of her expected announcement of a presidential candidacy, Republican businesswoman Carly Fiorina will have a hectic schedule in New Hampshire next week -- with nine stops over three days next Tuesday through Friday.
The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday afternoon reported that, as expected, Fiorina will officially become a candidate for president on May 4 and also reported she will make a low-key online announcement followed by a conference call for reporters.
WMUR.com, meanwhile, has obtained the details of Fiorina’s pre-announcement Granite State tour.
Fiorina will begin by addressing a New Hampshire House Business Caucus luncheon at the Barley House in Concord, co-hosted by the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, with RSVPs required. She will then attend a meet-and-greet hosted by State House special election candidate Yvonne Dean-Bailey at the Northwood Community Center.
On Wednesday, Fiorina will attend an invitation-only business roundtable hosted by Seacoast GOP executive Renee Plummer. She will then head north to speak at a spaghetti dinner hosted by state Sen. Jeanie Forrester at the Horse Meadows Senior Center in North Haverhill. The Forrester event is free and open to the public.
Early on Thursday, Fiorina will meet with Contoocook Valley Republicans at the Intervale Pancake House in Henniker, hosted by former Hillsborough County Sheriff Walter Morse, former state Sen. Bob Flanders and former Rep. Mark Lindsley.
She will next attend a forum of the newly formed New Hampshire chapter of Americans for Peace, Prosperity and Security at the University of New Hampshire’s Manchester Millyard campus. The group was founded by Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers and former New Hampshire gubernatorial candidate Walt Havenstein.
On Thursday night, she will go to Rindge for a meeting hosted by the Jaffrey-Rindge-Fitzwilliam Republican Committee at the home of Gillian and Alfred L'Eplattenier.
Fiorina on Friday morning will be in Peterborough to speak to Conval High School students at the school's "Task Talk" program.
She will then attend an invitation-only business luncheon hosted by activists Tom Boucher, Brian Mikol, Shannon McGinley and Phil Taub at The Copper Door restaurant in Bedford. The four activists have made it clear they have not endorsed Fiorina but are interested in having her deliver her message to key Granite Staters.
Fiorina is becoming a familiar face in New Hampshire, starting last year when she formed a state chapter of her Unlocking Potential PAC, which was aimed at energizing conservative women to be active in politics.