The 4-1-1 on the first round of debates
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9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT
Round 1: Wednesday, June 26th
Round 2: Thursday, June 27th
The first and second rounds of debates are scheduled and will broadcast live from Miami, Florida, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. The debates will feature back-to-back primetime broadcasts on consecutive nights to ensure each candidate gets access to a primetime audience.
Moderators: Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, and José Diaz-Balart
Qualifications: A candidate will need to either have at least one percent (1%) support in three qualifying polls or provide evidence of at least 65,000 individual donations from a minimum of 200 different donors in at least 20 states. Tie-break rules will be used to limit the debate to 20 candidates. Source: Election Central
Night 1 – June 26
Corey Booker: U.S. Senator from New Jersey since 2013
Julian Castro: Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from Texas
Bill de Blasio: Mayor of New York City since 2013
John Delaney: U.S. Representative from Maryland since 2013
Tulsi Gabbard: U.S. Representative for the 2nd district of Hawaii since 2013
Jay Inslee: Governor of Washington since 2013
Amy Klobuchar: U.S. Senator from Minnesota since 2007
Beto O’Rourke: U.S. Representative for the 16th district of Texas since 2013
Tim Ryan: U.S. Representative for the 13th district of Ohio since 2003
Elizabeth Warren: U.S. Senator from Massachusetts since 2013
Night 2 – June 27
Michael Bennet: U.S. Senator from Colorado since 2009
Joe Biden: Former U.S. Senator and Former Vice President of the United States
Pete Buttigieg: Mayor of South Bend, Indiana since 2012
Kirsten Gillibrand: U.S. Senator from New York since January 2009
Kamala Harris: U.S. Senator from California since 2017
John Hickenlooper: Governor of Colorado since 2011
Bernie Sanders: U.S. Senator from Vermont since 2007
Eric Swalwell: U.S. Representative from California’s 15th district since 2013
Marianne Williamson: Spiritual teacher, author, lecturer, entrepreneur, and activist
Andrew Yang: American entrepreneur and founder of Venture for America (VFA)
Watch and learn where they all stand on the most important issues worrying Americans — candidates have a position on the following
Medicare-for-All, Closing the Wealth Gap, The Climate Crisis, Public Education, Campaign Cash, Foreign Policy, Free College, Guns, Humane Immigration Reform, Legal Weed, Abolishing the Electoral College, Packing the Supreme Court, Criminal Justice Reform, Reproductive Rights, Voting Rights, Reparations, Taking on Big Tech, Affordable Housing, Family Care, Taking on Wall Street, Trade, Closing the Gender Gap, Veterans, Universal Basic Income, LGBTQ Rights, National Service
BOOKER | CASTRO | de BLASIO | DELANEY | GABBARD | INSLEE | KLOBUCHAR | O’ROURKE | RYAN | WARREN | BENNET | BIDEN | BUTTIGIEG | GILLIBRAND | HARRIS | HICKENLOOPER | SANDERS | SWALWELL | WILLIAMSON | YANG