page_title: Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference
hierarchical_section_title: Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference
caption_attribution_description: Fred speaks at the Grand Hotel
context_page_description: The Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, also known as the Midwest Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference is a biennial United States Republican Party political conference held on Mackinac Island, Michigan.
  The conference was first founded in 1953.
context_section_description: The Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, also known as the Midwest Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference is a biennial United States Republican Party political conference held on Mackinac Island, Michigan.
  The conference was first founded in 1953.
caption: Fred Thompson speaking at the 2007 convention
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