Carson fundraiser

Ted Turner's son to host fundraiser for Ben Carson

By Alex Isenstadt

Teddy Turner Jr., the son of liberal media mogul Ted Turner, is slated to host a fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson later this month.

Turner, himself a Republican, and his wife Blair are one of three co-hosts listed on an invitation for a Carson fundraising event to be held on Jan. 19 in Charleston, S.C.

The younger Turner, a high school economics teacher, waged an unsuccessful bid for Congress in 2013, running in a special election for a Charleston-based congressional seat. Turner would ultimately lose in the Republican primary to former Gov. Mark Sanford, who went on to win the seat.

In that contest, Turner ran as a conservative and often publicly distanced himself from his father, a longtime liberal who was once married at anti-war activist Jane Fonda.