Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference

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The Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, also known as the Midwest Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference is a biennial United States Republican Party political conference held on Mackinac Island, Michigan.

The conference was first founded in 1953.

Dates

2015: September 18–20, 2015 – "Michigan: Foundation For the Future"

2013: September 20–22, 2013 - 30th event

2011: September 23–25, 2011

2009: September 25–27, 2009

2007: September 21–23, 2007 – "Relying on our Roots"

2005: September 23–25, 2005 – "Make Every Day Count"

2003: September 18–21, 2003

2001: September 21–23, 2001

1999: September 17–19, 1999

Notable Guests

2015 (attended): Jeb Bush, Senator Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Governor John Kasich, Senator Rand Paul, Governor Rick Snyder

2015 (invited): Jeb Bush, Senator Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Governor Scott Walker, Governor John Kasich, Senator Rand Paul, Governor Rick Snyder

2013 (attended): Karl Rove, Senator Rand Paul, Governor Scott Walker, Governor Bobby Jindal, Reince Priebus, Senator John Thune

2013 (invited): Congressman Paul Ryan, Karl Rove, Congressman Sean Duffy, Senator Marco Rubio, Governor Jeb Bush, Senator Rand Paul, Governor Scott Walker, Mayor Mia Love, Speaker John Boehner

2011: Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Nikki Haley, Susana Martinez, Reince Priebus, Rick Snyder, Thaddeus McCotter

2009: Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Ari Fleischer, Congressman Eric Cantor, Governor John Engler

2007: Duncan Hunter, Rudy Giuliani, Tom Tancredo, Ron Paul, Sam Brownback, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, John McCain

2005: Sam Brownback, Mitt Romney

2003: Lynne Cheney, Ken Mehlman

1999: Gary Bauer, Alan Keys, Steve Forbes, Vern Ehlers

1997: Newt Gingrich, John Kasich, Spencer Abraham, Jim Nicholson

1995: Bob Dole, Newt Gingrich, Phil Gramm

1987: Pat Robertson, Bob Dole

1985: Bob Dole, Jack Kemp, James Baker