Sen. Bernie Sanders plans on participating in the next Democratic primary debate, should there be another one. The decision to partake in a potential debate signals the independent senator’s intention to remain in the presidential race.
“Sen. Sanders is still running for president,” Mike Casca, a top campaign official, told the New York Times on Tuesday. “If there is a debate in April, he plans to be there.”
The Democratic National Committee has previously stated that there will be a debate during the month of April, but it’s unclear if that will happen. The DNC has not announced a media partner, a site host, or a date for the event. Additionally, there has been no word that former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive nominee, would agree to another debate.
The most recent debate, which occurred earlier this month, was between Biden and Sanders and was filmed without an audience in CNN’s D.C. bureau as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 18,000 people worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Biden now has 1,132 delegates, while Sanders sits at 817, according to NBC. It takes 1,991 delegates to secure the nomination.
