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These Ten Candidates Are Taking The Stage At The Next HBCU-Held Democratic Debate

The large field of candidates has been widdled down to 10 qualifying hopefuls who will take the stage at Texas Southern on September 12th.
These Ten Candidates  Are Taking The Stage At The Next Democratic Debate
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By Tanya A. Christian · Updated October 23, 2020

ABC News has unveiled the lineup for the next 2020 Democratic presidential primary debate and 10 candidates have made it to the stage. The televised event will take place on just one night, September 12th, in Houston, Texas. Unlike the first two debates, qualifiers for this round precluded a swath of the candidates from participating. Campaigns were formally notified about their attendance on Thursday.

The third debate sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee comes on the heels of a number of polls that put former Vice President Joe Biden ahead of the pack with Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders trailing closely behind. The ABC News debate will, for the first time, put all the top candidates on the same stage. 

According to ABC News, candidates will appear in the following order, from left to right:

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders

Former Vice President Joe Biden

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren

California Sen. Kamala Harris

Entrepreneur Andrew Yang

Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke

Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro

These Ten Candidates  Are Taking The Stage At The Next Democratic Debate
DETROIT, MICHIGAN – JULY 30: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (R) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) greet each other at the start of the Democratic Presidential Debate at the Fox Theatre July 30, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. 20 Democratic presidential candidates were split into two groups of 10 to take part in the debate sponsored by CNN held over two nights at Detroit’s Fox Theatre. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Political analysts believe that Biden will be the primary target on this debate stage with top candidates taking aim at his less progressive ideals. It may also be the first time that Warren faces real criticism from her cohorts given her growing popularity and favorable poll results.

Also, for the first time during this election cycle, the debates will take place at a historically Black university. Texas Southern is a public HBCU with an enrollment of over 10,000 students. The live, televised event will air from 8 to 11 p.m. ET on ABC, Univision, and ABC News Live. It will also stream on Hulu Live, The Roku Channel, Facebook Watch, AppleTV, Amazon Fire TV, YouTube, Apple News, and Twitter.  

TOPICS:  2020 democratic debates 2020 presidential elections
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