First appearance on Fox: The Republican National Committee will raise the vote count and donation thresholds that 2024 primary candidates must reach in order to take the stage at the third Republican presidential nominating debate, Fox News Digital has revealed. .
To qualify for the third debate, each candidate must have at least 70,000 unique donors in their campaign or search committee. This includes her 200 donors in over 20 states. The RNC’s debate committee decided on the threshold in a conference call Thursday, according to a person familiar with the committee’s deliberations.
White House candidates also reach 4% support in two national polls, or 4% in one national poll, in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, or South Carolina (four states that lead Republicans). They need to reach 4% in two statewide polls. Presidential candidate nomination calendar.
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Republican presidential candidates take the stage at the FISERV Forum in Milwaukee for the first Republican nomination debate on August 23, 2023. (Fox News)
Candidates will also be required to sign a pledge agreeing to support the eventual Republican presidential nominee. They must agree not to participate in any non-RNC-sanctioned debates for the remainder of the 2024 election cycle and consent to data sharing with national party committees.
The threshold has risen with each subsequent discussion. The candidates needed to reach 1% in the polls and 40,000 donors to make the first showdown at a Fox News-hosted event in Milwaukee on Aug. 23. In the end, eight candidates faced off in Milwaukee.
These Republican candidates are vying to qualify for next week’s second presidential debate
Next week’s second debate, a showdown hosted by FOX Business to be held Tuesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California, will raise the polling threshold to 3% and the number of donors to 50,000. It was done.
So far, six of the eight candidates who participated in the first Republican presidential nominating debate last month have already met the RNC’s threshold, according to a Fox News tally.
The candidates who met the RNC’s specific requirements for the second Republican presidential nomination debate are: (Fox News)
They are, in alphabetical order, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former ambassador and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, biotech entrepreneur and political commentator. Mr. Vivek Ramaswamy of the House, and Senator Tim. Scott in South Carolina.
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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson qualified for the first debate, but have not yet met the criteria for the second debate.
Former President Donald Trump met the donation and voting thresholds but did not sign the RNC pledge. Noting that he has a significant lead over his rivals in the nomination race, he did not attend the first debate and is already making alternative plans for next week’s showdown.
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