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> SubscriptionCarson's personal brand benefits from
> presidential campaign
> 24 December 2015, 6:55 pm
>          WASHINGTON 
>       (AP) -- Long before Ben Carson became
> one of the leading Republican presidential candidates, he
> built his own brand by traveling around the country raising
> money for a charity that bears his name, awarding college
> scholarships, promoting his books and earning hefty payments
> to speak to large groups. Carson's name and face adorn the
> walls of dozens of schools in the U.S. and a medical school
> in Nigeria. Mayors have handed him the keys to their cities.
> His charity, founded in 1994, created a national day in his
> honor each year, celebrated by the children who read in
> elementary school reading rooms named after him. Carson's
> campaign has excelled at fundraising, bringing in almost $32
> million through the end of September - more than any other
> 2016 Republican candidate. Speaking fees over a nearly
> two-year period raked in $4.3 million. And his nonprofit
> continues to raise money. All of this is part of a
> well-honed enterprise that promotes Ben Carson as
> presidential candidate, political commentator, paid speaker,
> author, neurosurgeon and champion of children, reading and
> God. It's hard to see where one Carson stops and another
> begins. "I think as people get to know me they'll be able to
> see exactly who I am," Carson said in an interview with The
> Associated Press in late October. "I don't worry about
> that." Carson's campaign imposed boundaries to separate his
> politicking from a two-week publicity tour promoting his
> latest book. Since he declared his candidacy, more than
> 52,000 copies of versions of his signature book, Gifted
> Hands, have sold, according to industry statistics from
> Nielsen BookScan. Most political candidates focus only on
> their campaigns to avoid any potential violation, said
> Lawrence Noble of the Campaign Finance Center, a Washington
> non-profit group that promotes transparency in politics. For
> instance, if a candidate is getting paid to speak at an
> event, he or she has to make sure not to mix that with
> campaigning, he said.  Continuing with paid speeches,
> book promotion tours and charity events and keeping those
> separate from the campaign is a challenge, Noble said.
> Carson has continued to give paid speeches since he declared
> his bid for the presidency, and in some cases, he's had
> political events around the same time. Since May when he
> declared his candidacy, he's been paid to speak at seven
> events, bringing in between $210,000 and $500,000, according
> to a financial disclosure he was required by law to file in
> June. Carson was not required to disclose the exact fee
> because the speeches hadn't taken place at the time he
> filed. What Carson says at these paid speaking events is
> critical to evaluating whether Carson violated any campaign
> laws, Noble said.  But most of the paid-speaking events
> are not open to the public. On Sept. 22, in Dayton, Ohio,
> Carson was paid between $15,001-$50,000 to speak at an
> anti-abortion group, according to his public financial
> disclosure. The executive director of the nonprofit that
> hosted Carson said the group also paid for his travel. Paul
> Coudron said his organization booked Carson for its annual
> event a year ago. "He did have two other events in the area,
> as a matter of fact, that same day, much to our surprise,
> actually, when we found that out relatively close to the day
> of the event," Coudron said. He would not disclose how much
> the group paid for Carson's travel costs. The sponsor of the
> speaking event cannot subsidize campaign travel, Noble said.
> That could jeopardize the organization's tax-exempt status.
> Carson's spokesman, Doug Watts, said that Carson's room and
> transportation to and from the anti-abortion group's event
> were covered by the Washington Speakers Bureau, which booked
> the paid speech. And Carson's travel to and from Dayton was
> paid for by the campaign. "We segregate as much as
> feasible," Watts said. Some organizations that have paid
> Carson to speak have also contributed to his charity, the
> Carson Scholars Fund. The charity doles out $1,000 college
> scholarships for 4th through 12th graders. It also funds
> "Ben Carson reading rooms" around the country, spaces where
> children can read for pleasure, typically with a poster of
> Carson and quotes from him on the walls. The charity did not
> respond to questions about whether it purchased any of
> Carson's books for fundraisers. ---- Associated Press
> writers Jeff Donn in Boston, Bill Barrow in Atlanta, Dan
> Sewell in Cincinnati, Julie Bykowicz, Steve Peoples and
> researcher Monika Mathur in Washington contributed to this
> story.
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