2020 Democrat Andrew Yang has qualified for the party’s next presidential debate after missing the Jan. 14 debate in Iowa.
Yang, 45, announced on Twitter Sunday that his campaign had met the Democratic National Committee thresholds to take part in a Feb. 8 debate in New Hampshire. The debate will take place days before New Hampshire voters cast ballots in the primary on Feb. 11.
“Just qualified for the February debate in New Hampshire! Thank you to everyone working hard to make it happen. Let’s make history,” he tweeted.
Just qualified for the February debate in New Hampshire! Thank you to everyone working hard to make it happen. Let’s make history. ???? @khrystinausa @marchandsteve https://t.co/5KGyFN5jBa
— Andrew Yang? (@AndrewYang) January 26, 2020
Yang is the seventh candidate to qualify for the New Hampshire debate after former Vice President Joe Biden, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, billionaire activist Tom Steyer and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. The debate will be hosted by ABC News, WMUR-TV, and Apple News.
The former tech executive easily cleared the donor threshold set at 225,000 individual donors. He qualified by polling Sunday with the release of a CNN/University of New Hampshire poll that showed him with 5% support in the state. Candidates had to place at 5% or higher in four polls approved by the DNC to qualify.
