RWSFF - W3 Social
2026-05-27 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Martin Fierro, 13040 Livingston Road, Naples, FL, 34105
Please join RWSFF for W-3 at Martin Fierro restaurant.
Women have Wisdom!
Ideas Uncorked & Conservative Conversation!
Candidates Night- Join us and introduce yourself and your campaign!
Men are always welcome to join the conversation.
Appetizers, Dinner and basic beverages for $10.00 cash, to be collected at the venue. Cash Bar.
RSVP Required for accurate count: speedyrsvp@gmail.com or call: 239-431-5224.
Best
Diane Van Parys
RWSFF-President

RWSFF - Luncheon John Tillman - CEO & Founder of Hall of Giants
2026-06-03 11:30 - 13:30 | Naples Hilton, 5111 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL, 34103
Dear RWSFF Members & Republican Friends,
Please join us for our June Meeting on Wednesday June 3, 2026. Our guest speaker will be John Tillman- CEO & Founder of Hall of Giants. Hall of Giants is a cultural initiative dedicated to celebrating entrepreneurs and their role in advancing the human condition. John is also the CEO of the American Culture Project.
John Tillman’s talk is titled “America’s Founding Miracle: From Conquest to Service.” John is a longtime leader in the free market public policy movement. In celebrating our 250th Anniversary of the United States of America John will bring us from the founding to today.
RWSFF Luncheon Meeting- Wednesday June 3 at the Hilton Naples 5111 Tamiami TR. N. Naples, 34103.
Sign up today for the RWSFF June 3rd Meeting.
We encourage payment online to facilitate registration.
RSVP is required to accommodate all attending.
RSVP: Click Here to make your reservation; you’ll have the option to pay online using PayPal- RWSFF processor- you don’t need a PayPal account to use your credit card. You can pay at the door with cash or check. You may also make a reservation via email: speedyrsvp@gmail.com or call 239-431-5224.
Lunch: $45.00 payable online or pay at the door- cash or check.
This month’s entrée is Salmon with Risotto, Wedge Salad & Carrot Cake or you may request Vegan or Vegetarian.
A reservation made is a reservation paid unless 48 hour notice is given.
Best
Diane Van Parys
RWSFF President

June Breakfast - Candidate Forum - Collier County School Board
2026-06-05 07:30 - 09:00 | Naples Hilton, 5111 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL, 34103
Join us Friday, June 5th at 7:30 am at the Naples Hilton as we present Republican Candidates for Collier County School Board district 1. This is sure to be a competitive race. Make sure you know the candidates and attend the forum to form your own opinions.
In addition, we will hear updates from local school board members, plus we will be awarding the scholarship checks for this year’s scholarship recipients. It’s a great bunch of students that will reinforce your beliefs in the future of America.
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WRC - Colonel (RET>) Martin "Marty Spann
2026-06-11 11:30 - 13:00 | Naples Hilton, 5111 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL, 34103
Join Us for Our June Monthly Luncheon
Colonel (Ret.) Martin “Marty” Spann
“Drones and Changing the Battlefield”
Friday, June 11th, 2026 at 11:30 AM at the Naples Hilton
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Colonel (Ret.) Martin “Marty” Spann is a retired military officer with more than 36 years of service.
He began his career in the United States Marine Corps and later became an Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army National Guard after graduating from U.S. Army Officer Candidate School. He commanded units from squad to battalion level.
He served during Operation Iraqi Freedom working with Iraqi Special Police Commandos and later as Military Liaison to the Iraqi Minister of the Interior. He also served in Afghanistan as senior military advisor to the Afghan National Civil Order Police with the NATO Training Mission–Afghanistan.
In addition to his military service, he completed 26 years with the Los Angeles Police Department.
His awards include three Legions of Merit, the Soldier’s Medal for heroism, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V” (Valor) Device, the Purple Heart Medal, and the Master Combat Infantryman Badge.
In 2010 he was inducted into the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, Georgia.
WHEN: Friday, June 11th, 2026 11:30 AM
WHERE: Naples Hilton, 5111 Tamiami Trail N., Naples, FL 34103

NRC - Supervisor of Elections, Melissa Blazier
2026-06-16 17:00 - 19:00 | Tiburon Golf Club, 2620 Tiburon Drive, Naples, FL, 34109
Overview of the 2026 election cycle, races, and candidates on the ballot.
Melissa Blazier was appointed as Collier County Supervisor of Elections by Governor DeSantis in May 2023. She has worked for the Supervisor of Elections office since 2006 most recently serving as Chief Deputy Supervisor of Elections under Jennifer J. Edwards.
Blazier holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, magna cum laude, from Hodges University. She received her designation as a Certified Elections/Registration Administrator (CERA) from the National Association of Election Officials (Election Center) and is a Master Florida Certified Elections Professional (MFCEP) through the Florida Supervisors of Elections (FSE).
She is a graduate of the Associate Leadership Collier program spring class of 2010, Leadership Collier class of 2014 and Leadership Marco class of 2019. Melissa was named one of Gulf Shore Business’s Top Forty under 40 in 2014, Distinguished Fundraising Volunteer via the Association of Fundraising Professionals in 2018, the Leadership Collier Foundation’s Volunteer of the Year in 2020, Kiwanian of the Year by the Kiwanis Club of Naples in 2022 and was most recently named one of Sunny 106.3’s Outstanding Women of 2024.
Blazier is a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Post 135, Collier 100 Club, Election Center, iGO, Kiwanis Club of Naples, Leadership Collier Alumni Association, League of Women Voters, Men’s Right Club of Collier County, Naples Reagan Club, Right Club of South Collier County, Republican Women of Southwest Florida Federated, and the Women’s Republican Club. She currently serves on the FSE Board of Directors, FSE DHSMV Workgroup, VR Systems Steering Committee, Leadership Collier Foundation Advisory Council and is Treasurer of the Kiwanis Club of Naples.
Melissa grew up in Naples and graduated from Naples High School. She has been married to her husband Devon for 25 years and they have a son, Dylan, together and reside in Logan Woods with their rescue Boxer, Duke.

WRC - Sip on the Right Side
2026-06-18 17:00 - 19:00 | T-Michaels Steak and Lobster House, 4050 Gulf Shore Blvd, Naples, FL, 34103

Congressional Forum District 22
2026-06-20 11:00 - 13:00 | Heritage Bay Government Center, 15450 Collier Blvd, Naples, FL, 34120
CD 22 Forum
Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 11am
Heritage Bay Government Center
15450 Collier Blvd, Naples
Please contact Government Relations Chair, Dr. Drew Montez-Clark with questions or for more information (drewmontez@gmail.com, 239-887-2648).

RMC - July Meeting - Candidate Forum - Congressional Candidates District 19
2026-07-10 07:30 - 09:00 | Naples Hilton, 5111 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL, 34103
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Republican Candidates for District 19 Congressional Seat.

WRC - July Luncheon - Johanna Neuman
2026-07-10 11:30 - 13:30 | Naples Hilton, 5111 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL, 34103
Join Us for Our July Monthly Luncheon
Friday, July 10th, 2026
11:30 AM at the Naples Hilton
Johanna Neuman
Author, Historian and Award-Winning Journalist
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Johanna Neuman is an author, a historian and an award-winning journalist. After a career as a newspaper reporter, covering the White House, State Department and Congress for USA Today and the Los Angeles Times’ Washington bureau, she returned to the academe. Now a PhD in history, she is combining in her books the love of narrative storytelling she learned as a journalist and the skills of archival research she acquired as a historian.
In Gilded Suffragists: The New York Socialites Who Fought for Women’s Right To Vote, Johanna uncovered the identity and explored the motives of more than 200 of the nation’s most fashionable celebrities, chronicling their impact on the campaign to win women that most fundamental marker of citizenship – the right to vote. Publishers Weekly called it one of the top books for fall. One Amazon reviewer wrote, “Johanna Neuman’s Gilded Suffragists is a brilliant—and beautifully written—study of the campaign for women’s right to vote. Neuman deftly illuminates ‘the upstairs long missing from women’s history,’ recovering for the ages the contribution of elite society women to the movement.”
In her new book, Trump’s Superpower: A Historical Novel About the Founding Fathers & One Founding Mother, she brings the founders down from heaven for our 250th birthday. They have amusing encounters with 21st Century Americans – Benjamin Franklin is arresting for misgendering a bearish man named Christina, and George Washington, thanks to modern technology, finally has his teeth fixed. On a more serious note, throughout the book they have an ongoing conversation about whether America 2026 is really the country they meant to leave us. The book is titled Trump’s Superpower because as a student of both history and current political life, Johanna is convinced that President Trump understands that he can only make the country great again if he rescues the founders – and the founding – from a century-long assault by liberal academics and activists.

NRC - Candidate Forum Congressional District 19
2026-07-14 17:00 - 19:00 | Tiburon Golf Club, 2620 Tiburon Drive, Naples, FL, 34109
Join us for a special edition of Conservative Cocktails as we host the Congressional District 19 Candidate Debate.
📅 Tuesday, July 14, 2026
🕔 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Tiburón Golf Club
2620 Tiburon Dr, Naples, FL 34109
We are pleased to host what we believe will be an exciting Congressional candidate debate for CD-19.
Candidates will have the opportunity to answer questions, respond to one another’s positions, and engage in substantive discussion on the issues that matter most to Southwest Florida voters. This format will give attendees a better understanding of where the candidates stand and how they differ on key issues facing our community and our nation.
The evening will include:
🇺🇸 Candidate introductions
🎤 Moderated debate questions
🔄 Candidate rebuttals and discussion
🗳️ Audience straw poll🍽️ Dinner served from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM before the debate, which begins promptly at 6:00 PM
This is an event you won’t want to miss as voters prepare to make important decisions in the upcoming election.

WRC - Sip on the Right Side
2026-07-16 17:00 - 19:00 | Season’s 52, 8930 Tamiami Trail No, Naples, FL, 34108

RWSFF - Luncheon - Brian McNeil- Florida Crime Prevention
2026-08-05 11:30 - 13:30 | Naples Hilton, 5111 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL, 34103
Weds. Aug. 5 11:30 AM-1:30 PM Republican Women of SWFL Federated Presents: Brian McNeil- Florida Crime Prevention. Hilton Naples 5111 Tamiami Tr. N Naples,​ 34103 RSVP & Sign Up. Click Here or email: speedyrsvp@gmail.com or call 239-431-5224 to register.

RMC - August Breakfast - Candidate Forum - Congressional District 22 and State Representative District 82
2026-08-07 07:30 - 09:00 | Naples Hilton, 5111 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL, 34103
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Join us for breakfast August 7th at 7:30 am to hear from the Republican Congressional Candidates from District 22 and from Republican State Representative candidates from District 82.
Expect a lively question and answer period.
Republican Candidates for Congressional District 22 (see below for State Reps)
Florida’s 22nd Congressional District was substantially redrawn under the state’s new congressional map, signed into law in May 2026, and this cycle’s race has no incumbent. Seven Republicans and two Democrats qualified for the Aug. 18, 2026, primary ballot. Both parties will hold closed partisan primaries, meaning they are open only to registered voters of the respective party. The Republican and Democratic nominees, along with two additional candidates who qualified outside the party primaries, will face off in the November general election.
Republican Candidates for State Representative District 82

Bill Poteet and Liesa Priddy are seeking the open seat for Florida House District 82 in the Aug. 18, 2026, Republican primary. Only registered Republicans may vote. The seat opened when incumbent Rep. Lauren Melo chose to run for an open Florida Senate seat rather than seek re-election. The winner will face Democrat Arthur Boyer of Immokalee in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election.
District 82 covers Collier County, East for Livingston Road, and Hendry counties.

WRC - Open Mike Candidate Forum
2026-08-14 11:30 - 13:00 | Naples Hilton, 5111 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL, 34103
Join Us for Our August Monthly Luncheon
Friday, August 14th, 2026
11:30 AM at the Naples Hilton
Florida District Candidates Open Mike Forum
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Candidates from the following districts (this list will be updated as candidates finalize their campaign schedules):
Congressional District 19

John Strand
Jim Schwartzel
Mike Pedersen
Jim Oberweis
Catalina Lauf
Ola Hawatmeh
Madison Cawthorn

Congressional District 22

Casey Askar
David Burck
Michael Carbonara
Richard Evans

Florida House District 82

Liesa Priddy
Bill Poteet

Collier County Commissioner District 2

Chris Hall

Collier County Commissioner 4

Dan Kowal
Dan Zegarac

Collier County School Board District 5

Tim Moshier

WHEN: Friday, August 14th, 2026 11:30 AM
WHERE: Naples Hilton, 5111 Tamiami Trail N., Naples, FL 34103
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WRC - Sip on the Right Side
2026-08-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Nosh, 1590 5th Avenue South, Suite 101, Naples, FL, 34102
Thursday, August 20th, 2026 5-7 PM
Conservative Cocktails & Conversation with Like Minded Patriots
Guests and Men welcome!
***complimentary appetizers · cash bar***
Nosh
1590 5th Avenue South, Suite 101
Naples, FL 34102

Nosh Website
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Call or email Debra McCabe for more info:
dmccabe1@aol.com or 646-491-2985
