Hillary Clinton is scheduled to return to Nashville later this month for a private campaign fundraiser at the home of attorney and former mayoral candidate Charles Robert Bone.
The March 17 fundraiser comes after Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic Party’s nomination, routed Bernie Sanders by 34 percentage points in Tennessee on Super Tuesday.
Bone, a prominent fundraiser for Tennessee Democrats, previously served as a fundraising bundler for President Barack Obama’s campaigns. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Nashville last year, finishing fifth in a race won by Megan Barry.
An invitation obtained by the Tennessean outlines two contribution levels to attend the Clinton fundraiser at Bone's Belle Meade-area home: a minimum $500 to attend the event and $2,700 for a private reception and picture with Clinton.
To serve as a host, which includes a private reception with Clinton and membership on her campaign finance committee, an individual is to raise $27,000.
In an invitation email sent to Democrats the day after Clinton’s primary win in Tennessee and six other states, Bone said he believes Clinton will become the next president and that Republican front-runner Donald Trump will be her opponent in November.
“Yes, there is much more work to be done, but the stakes couldn’t be higher,” Bone wrote as he referenced Trump. “Furthermore, I am increasingly troubled by the rhetoric and policies that are being advanced by her opponent. Whether your perspective is primarily from the last 8 years, 20 years or 50 years, we cannot afford to back up on the advances that we have made as a country.”
In November, she campaigned at Fisk University during a visit to Nashville that also included a fundraiser at the home of Bill Freeman, the state’s top Democratic fundraiser who also ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Nashville last year.
Freeman said the November fundraiser for Clinton in Nashville raised more than $500,000 for her campaign.
