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Republican presidential contender Ben Carson returning to The Villages

Ben Carson poses with Villager Shirley Moore in 2014 at Barnes & Noble.
Ben Carson poses with Villager Shirley Moore in 2014 at Barnes & Noble.

Republican White House hopeful Ben Carson, who drew a huge crowd the last time he visited The Villages, is returning to Florida’s Friendliest Hometown.

Carson will be coming Nov. 2 to Barnes & Noble at Lake Sumter Landing. It will be a book tour of his upcoming release.

Carson fans flocked from throughout the area when he was at Barnes & Noble in the summer of 2014. You can read about that here http://villages-news.com/ben-carson-packs-house-barnes-noble-booksigning/

The neurosurgeon first gained national attention when Cuba Gooding Jr. played him in the television movie, “Gifted Hands.”

Since then Carson has enjoyed a rise to prominence and now is a familiar face on television.

He is among a crowded GOP presidential field.

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