Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon -- with speakers-in-waiting Will Weatherford (after the 2012 election) and Chris Dorworth (after the 2014 election) -- are helping Republican colleagues prepare for the next re-election cycle, sponsoring a fund-raiser from 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. today, Thursday, at the Governors Club BC Room in Tallahassee.

The collection of speakers is hosting the fund-raiser for House members Lake Ray of Jacksonville, Ben Albritton of Wauchula, Matt Caldwell of Fort Myers, and Dana Young of Tampa.