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Johnson, Stein fail to qualify for first debate

By Gabby Morrongiello
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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will be the only candidates onstage for the first presidential debate in 10 days, after Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein failed to make the cut on Friday.

Neither Johnson nor Stein reached the 15 percent national polling threshold needed to qualify for the first debate on Sept. 26, as determined earlier this summer by the Commission on Presidential Debates.

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