Headliners continue to be added to the list of speakers who will address delegates at the Republican National Convention August 27-30.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus today announced these five speakers:
- Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Florida's 37th attorney general and first female attorney general in state history.
- Texas Republican U.S. Senate nominee Ted Cruz, former Texas solicitor general (first Hispanic and youngest person in that position).
- Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño, the first Republican elected governor of Puerto Rico since 1969 and the first Republican representative from Puerto Rico elected to Congress.
- Georgia attorney general Sam Olens, former chairman of the Cobb County Commission.
- Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, the 45th governor of Wisconsin and the first U.S. governor to have successfully kept his seat in a recall election.
More convention speakers, including the keynote, will be announced in the coming days.
Meanwhile, workers began hanging welcome banners touting the RNC in downtown Tampa today.
The event is expected to bring 50,000 visitors to Tampa and the Bay area. That includes delegates, national and international media and other tourists.
Convention officials said the event likely will have an economic impact in the Bay area of approximately $175 to $200 million.