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Democratic debate goes almost hour-and-a-half without commercial break

By Caitlin Yilek
Published September 13, 2019 1:27am ET
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Democratic debate goes almost hour-and-a-half without commercial break
From left, Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke and former Housing Secretary Julian Castro are introduced Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, before a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC at Texas Southern University in Houston. | (David J. Phillip/AP)

The Democratic presidential debate on Thursday night went on for an hour and 22 minutes before the first commercial break.

The three-hour debate was hosted by ABC News in Houston. The debate began at 8 p.m. and went to break for its first commercial at 9:22 p.m.

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