Pawlenty To Speak At GOP Event In Traverse City

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will speak to a group of northern Michigan Republican activists near Traverse City.

Pawlenty is scheduled to appear Saturday on behalf of presidential candidate Mitt Romney at the annual Reagan Day dinner at the Grand Traverse Resort in Acme Township.

Organizer Eric Lind sys Gov. Rick Snyder also will attend, along with Republican candidates seeking the U.S. Senate nomination.

The event is being co-sponsored by county GOP organizations across the northern Lower Peninsula.

Michigan's primary election will be on Feb. 28.

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