U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., was the main draw Tuesday evening at a Tennessee Republican Party fundraiser held in Chattanooga.
Kim Ketchel, a spokeswoman for the state party, said the proceeds from the event, the party’s first formal fundraiser of the year, would go toward state legislative campaigns.
She said the party does not typically release fundraising totals from regional events.
Todd Womack, Sen. Corker’s chief of staff, said the former Chattanooga mayor would probably speak about the federal debt, as he has at a number of other engagements around the state.
The fundraiser was split into two parts: A reception at Niko’s Southside Grill, at $250 per person/couple, and a dinner at Table 2 restaurant that cost $3,000 per person/couple.
Neither portion of the fundraiser was open to the press.