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| Here’s How the Candidates Will Be Divided for the First Democratic Debates | Here’s How the Candidates Will Be Divided for the First Democratic Debates |
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| Elizabeth Warren will be the biggest name on stage on the first night, while Joseph R. Biden Jr., Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg will jockey for attention on the second, during the first Democratic presidential primary debates in Miami this month. | |
| The 20 candidates participating in the debates were split into two groups of 10 on Friday, one of which will face off on June 26 and the other on June 27. Officials had said they would seek to evenly and randomly divide the top-tier candidates over the two nights, in events that will air on NBC. | |
| And although there are prominent candidates on both nights, it seems clear that Ms. Warren will be in a good position to command the first evening, while the second night will feature the rest of the field’s strongest contenders. Here are the lineups: | |
| Cory Booker, senator from New Jersey | Cory Booker, senator from New Jersey |
| Julián Castro, former housing secretary | Julián Castro, former housing secretary |
| Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York | Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York |
| John Delaney, former representative from Maryland | John Delaney, former representative from Maryland |
| Tulsi Gabbard, representative from Hawaii | Tulsi Gabbard, representative from Hawaii |
| Jay Inslee, governor of Washington | Jay Inslee, governor of Washington |
| Amy Klobuchar, senator from Minnesota | Amy Klobuchar, senator from Minnesota |
| Beto O’Rourke, former representative from Texas | Beto O’Rourke, former representative from Texas |
| Tim Ryan, representative from Ohio | Tim Ryan, representative from Ohio |
| Elizabeth Warren, senator from Massachusetts | Elizabeth Warren, senator from Massachusetts |
| Michael Bennet, senator from Colorado | Michael Bennet, senator from Colorado |
| Joseph R. Biden Jr., former vice president | Joseph R. Biden Jr., former vice president |
| Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind. | Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind. |
| Kirsten Gillibrand, senator from New York | Kirsten Gillibrand, senator from New York |
| Kamala Harris, senator from California | Kamala Harris, senator from California |
| John Hickenlooper, former governor of Colorado | John Hickenlooper, former governor of Colorado |
| Bernie Sanders, senator from Vermont | Bernie Sanders, senator from Vermont |
| Eric Swalwell, representative from California | Eric Swalwell, representative from California |
| Marianne Williamson, self-help author | Marianne Williamson, self-help author |
| Andrew Yang, former tech executive | Andrew Yang, former tech executive |
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| A mixture of senior advisers, campaign managers and press representatives were in the room for the drawing. The names were drawn from two boxes wrapped in white gift wrap with gold polka dots. The names of the candidates who had received an average of 2 percent support in polls or higher were in one box, and the remaining candidates were in the other. | |
| Word about how exactly the group would be divided came one day after the Democratic National Committee made clear which members of the 23-person field had qualified for the debates — and which had not. | Word about how exactly the group would be divided came one day after the Democratic National Committee made clear which members of the 23-person field had qualified for the debates — and which had not. |
| Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana, Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts and Mayor Wayne Messam of Miramar, Fla., did not meet the polling and fund-raising criteria outlined by the Democratic National Committee, and were not invited. | Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana, Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts and Mayor Wayne Messam of Miramar, Fla., did not meet the polling and fund-raising criteria outlined by the Democratic National Committee, and were not invited. |
| Some of the candidates have long known they would make the cut, but suspense remained ahead of Friday’s drawing. Several have already begun preparing for the debates, and only now can they start doing so with specific opponents in mind. | Some of the candidates have long known they would make the cut, but suspense remained ahead of Friday’s drawing. Several have already begun preparing for the debates, and only now can they start doing so with specific opponents in mind. |
| The debates will be moderated by the NBC anchors Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt and Chuck Todd, the Telemundo anchor José Díaz-Balart, and the MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow. | The debates will be moderated by the NBC anchors Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt and Chuck Todd, the Telemundo anchor José Díaz-Balart, and the MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow. |
| Though it remains early in the race, and the stage will be crowded, the debates present a chance for the kind of breakout moment some candidates — especially those outside the top tier — desperately need. | Though it remains early in the race, and the stage will be crowded, the debates present a chance for the kind of breakout moment some candidates — especially those outside the top tier — desperately need. |