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Republicans Holding Conference this Weekend Near New Orleans

Hundreds of Republicans will be gathering in the New Orleans area this weekend for an event billed as a kickoff to the 2020 presidential election.

The Southern Republican Leadership Conference is happening Friday and Saturday in Kenner, featuring Louisiana's top Republicans and others from the GOP national scene.

The Advocate reports that since President Donald Trump is seeking re-election, the event is unlikely to be the bustling scene of prior years when presidential candidates would attend jockeying for attention.

But the gathering comes just months before Louisiana's high-profile statewide and legislative races and amid GOP efforts to unseat Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards. Most of Louisiana's congressional delegation and statewide GOP officials are expected to attend the conference, along with Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge.