Mitt Romney, the front-runner for the 2012 presidential Republican nomination, made a surprise visit to Miami Wednesday.
Romney held a small fundraiser at the Romero Britto art gallery on Lincoln Road, a day after he held a larger fundraiser in Boca Raton.
The former governor of Massachusetts was at the exclusive Woodfield Country Club in Boca, where about a hundred people showed up at $1,000 per head.
Romney is making a major push in the Sunshine State and is expected to attend events in Orlando, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota.
On Thursday, Romney is going to meet with small business owners and job seekers at a coffee shop called Buddy Brew in Tampa.
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Normal 0 <!--{1308162724 The candidate that is considered the front-runner for the Republican nomination, Mitt Romney traveled to Florida yesterday hold a fundraiser in Boca Raton
The former governor of Massachusetts’ held the fundraiser at the home of Ned Siegel, former U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas at the exclusive Woodfield Country Club. About a hundred people showed up at $1000 per head. Romney is believed to have raised $100,000 with this fundraiser alone.
Romney isn’t ending his trip in Boca however; he is expected to attend events in Miami, Orlando, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota, the Palm Beach Post reported.
Arriving in Tampa on Thursday, Romney is going to meet with small business owners and job seekers at a coffee shop called Buddy Brew in Tampa.
