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GOP candidate Carson set to speak Sunday at Free Chapel
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Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson greets audience members following a town hall meeting Oct. 2 in Ankeny, Iowa. - photo by Charlie Neibergall
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson’s planned appearance at a Gainesville church Sunday is stirring the area’s GOP base. “He’s quite commanding as far as a speaker and his manner,” said Debra Pilgrim, who chairs the Hall County GOP. “There should be a huge crowd (at the church).” She expects his appearance might prompt other GOP contenders for the White House to stop in Hall before Georgia’s March 1 primary.