Ramaswamy to speak at state GOP summit

New Jersey Republicans will host Vivek Ramaswamy at the state party’s leadership summit later this month, according to an email sent to Republicans.

Ramaswamy, who recently launched a bid to be Ohio’s governor, will speak at the NJGOP Victory Welcome Reception in Atlantic City on March 21. The businessman and author ran for president but suspended his campaign after the Iowa caucuses and endorsed President Donald Trump.

The GOP summit will include a series of Candidate Spotlight events with Republicans running for governor in the Garden State. Invitees included former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, state Sen. Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield), former state Sen. Ed Durr, and former Englewood Cliffs Mayor Mario Kranjac.

Former radio host Bill Spadea rejected the invitation to the summit.

“We’re skipping the insider mutual admiration event,” Spadea’s campaign said in a social media post. “We’ll continue to spend our resources on going right to the voters. Not wasting any on [N.J. GOP chair] Bob Hugin’s ego party.”

The summit will be held at Caesars Atlantic City.