The Democratic National Committee plans to announce a 2020 presidential primary debate schedule before Christmas and is taking special care to make sure enough are held and all the candidates — potentially a dozen — have equal time to present their case.

“When I ran for DNC chair, I said one of the things we’re going to do to rebuild trust is to make sure we set out a primary debate calendar long in advance of who we know will be in the race because the goal, our job, is to make sure that everybody gets a fair shake and the process is fair. Fair in fact, fair in perception,” Party Chairman Tom Perez said.