JD Vance coming to Kansas City area for high-dollar fundraiser to help pro-Trump efforts
Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential candidate, will headline a high-dollar fundraiser in Johnson County next week, hoping to tap wealthy Trump supporters ahead of the fall campaign.
Vance will appear at a reception in Mission Hills on Aug. 22, according to an invitation. The event will raise money for the Trump 47 Committee, a joint fundraising committee that includes the Trump campaign, a PAC and the Republican National Committee.
A $5,000 donation per couple is required to attend, with a photo opportunity set at $10,000 per photo and a “roundtable” set at $25,0000 per couple. For $50,000 a couple can sit on the host committee.
Vance will be joined by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Sen. Roger Marshall and Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma.
The exact time or location of the fundraiser in Mission Hills, a wealthy enclave along the Kansas-Missouri border, isn’t included in the invitation.
Kansas and Missouri are both solidly Republican states at the presidential level and not considered competitive in the 2024 election. But the region is still home to numerous Republicans of means who can provide funds to fuel a close race against the Democratic candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Vance, who rose to national prominence as the author of Hillbilly Elegy, previously fundraised in St. Louis in the days after former President Donald Trump picked him to be his running mate.
The fundraisers come a year after Sen. Ron DeSantis, the Florida Republican who challenged Trump for the nomination, held his own fundraisers in Kansas City and Wichita.
This story was originally published August 13, 2024 at 9:55 AM.
