Thursday, July 23, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, is also the latest to be invited for a private meeting with Mitt Romney.
Kasich plans to have lunch today with the 2012 GOP nominee at Romney's lakeside vacation home in New Hampshire.
Kasich spokesman Chris Schrimpf said Romney extended the invitation after learning that Kasich would be campaigning near his home. The Ohio governor is in the midst of his announcement tour, which began Wednesday in New Hampshire.
Kasich will become the third Republican presidential contender to spend private time this month at the former presidential nominee's lakeside retreat. Both New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio visited over the July 4 holiday.
Romney and his wife, Ann, also dined with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and his wife, Columba, at the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, earlier in the month.