U.S. Senate candidate Eric Early set to speak to Republican Club Sept. 19 Eric Early, Republican candidate for U.S. senator from California, will be the guest speaker at the Republican Club dinner on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 5:15 p.m. in the Event Center’s Tahoe Room. Early is running as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Dianne Feinstein. He is pledging