The stage will stay crowded for CNBC’s Republican presidential debate on Oct. 28, with 10 candidates set to take the stage, the network announced Wednesday.
CNBC announces final lineup for #CNBCGOPDebate, live from Boulder, CO next Wednesday at 8pm ET. pic.twitter.com/Bpl0hi6QuB
— CNBC (@CNBC) October 21, 2015
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), former New York Gov. George Pataki, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) qualified for the 6 p.m. undercard debate.
To qualify for the 8 p.m. in Boulder, Colo., candidates needed to have an average 3 percent in polls between Sept. 17 and Oct. 21, with the network rounding up for those at 2.5 percent or higher.
CNBC’s John Harwood, Becky Quick, and Carl Quintanilla are scheduled to host the event.
The debate format was a source of tension between the candidates and the Republican National Committee, with Donald Trump and Ben Carson threatening to boycott the event. The network eventually bowed to the two GOP frontrunners’ demands to keep the debate to two hours (with commercials) and allow opening and closing statements for each candidate.
This story has been updated.
I know Perry and Walker are gone but I thought somebody else had gotten voted off the island.
Um, I think it’s Oct. 28, not Oct. 21.
You can fault the RNC on damn near every issue, but in one area they have the DNC beat hands down. The frequency, total number and scope of their debate set-up.
I was really hoping Christie and Huckabee would have gotten the axe by now. We need to find those 10 people in these polls keeping them in the running and ask them kindly to let them go.
Trump tweeting to complain about that sourpuss icon in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…