Salina ? The next Salina Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet will be a bipartisan affair.

The chamber announced Thursday former GOP U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich and former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley, a Democrat, will be the featured speakers at the group’s banquet next Feb. 11.

The chamber says each man will give a speech, then answer questions together.

Chamber president and CEO Dennis Lauver says nearly 1,000 tickets were sold by the Thursday evening.

The banquet sold out earlier this year when Republican Sarah Palin was the speaker.