The annual Lincoln Day Dinner is a nation-wide tradition in the GOP, designed to celebrate the first President elected on the Republican ticket. It is both a celebration and a fundraiser for the local GOPs to support our candidates and to finance grassroots outreach efforts for the upcoming election cycle.

Traditionally, the celebration is held in February or March depending on the county, and sometimes on Lincoln’s Birthday (February 12), although it can be held on any day. It will generally feature a notable person as a speaker. Its counterpart for the Democratic Party is the annual Jefferson–Jackson Dinner.

The event is named after Abraham Lincoln, the first elected president of the Republican Party who helped found and shape the party. Subsequent to the election of Ronald Reagan (1980), the most popular Republican president since Lincoln, some counties renamed the dinner after Reagan or have added his name to it, resulting in the names Reagan Dinner, Reagan Day Dinner, Lincoln–Reagan Dinner, etc.

The Kent County Maryland GOP supports this tradition with an annual ticketed dinner and showcase speaker.

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