The former New Jersey governor has said he will qualify for the debate, but he likely doesn’t have the necessary polling support.
Who will be on stage at the fourth Republican debate? The higher set of criteria imposed by the Republican National Committee could narrow the field.
The next debate, organized by the Republican National Committee (RNC), will be held on Dec. 6 at the Moody Music Building on the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa.
The debate will be broadcast by NextStar Media Inc.’s NewsNation and simulcast on The CW at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Elizabeth Vargas, anchor of NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” Megyn Kelly, host of “The Megyn Kelly Show” on SiriusXM, and Eliana Johnson, editor-in-chief of The Washington Free Beacon, are scheduled to moderate, according to a NewsNation release.
Requirements are higher for the fourth debate, which could keep some candidates off the stage.
According to the RNC, the debaters will need to meet a threshold of 6 percent support in two national polls or 6 percent in one national poll and 6 percent in two of the first states on the primary calendar: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, or South Carolina. Polls…
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