November Democratic debate could feature just eight candidates

Published September 23, 2019 7:42pm ET



Although a quirk in the Democratic National Committee’s debate rules mean that more candidates will appear on their next presidential debate stage than the last, the new rules announced for November mean that as few as eight contenders could make the stage.

The DNC will require candidates to have accrued a minimum of 165,000 unique donors and 3% in at least four qualifying polls or 5% in two early primary state polls.

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