Conservative political activist and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is headed back to the Hawkeye State.

Palin will speak at this year’s 13th-annual Friends of the Family Banquet, alongside Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Phyllis Schlafly, the president of Eagle Forum, at the Knapp Learning Center on the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. 

Lee has been named as the keynote speaker.

The event, set for Nov. 9, will include a dinner beginning at 5 p.m., with speaker presentations following an hour later.

Tickets are available for purchase for $55 a person. Half of a table of five is also available for $275, as well as a table of 10 for $500.

RSVP is available by calling the West Des Moines-based Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition office at 515-225-1515 or by emailing [email protected]. 

Contributions can be mailed to the office or made online at http://ffciowa.com/donate.

The most recent time Palin stumped in Iowa came in August 2012 at the summer party held in the home of state Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter.

Her most recent formal appearance came in September 2011 at a rally in Indianola.

— by Quentin Misiag