BREAKING: Democratic National Committee announces 20 qualifying candidates for first debates.
The Democratic National Committee announced the long-awaited list of 20 presidential contenders appearing in prime-time on the first Democratic debate stages – the largest and most significant gathering of the crowded field so far on the campaign trail.
Before the sprawling field grew to 23 candidates, the national Democratic party capped the debates at 20.
The last-minute clarification upended predictions for the first debate stages, as Bullock's qualification hinged on one of the ABC News/Washington Post polls. The DNC debate rules, which were first announced in February, included ABC News and The Washington Post in a list of qualifying poll sponsors. The first ABC News/Washington Post poll of the Democratic field was released in January.
The DNC did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment before they announced the participants. Twenty candidates total will participate , with the lineups for each night chosen at random and announced on Friday for the June debates. The first of the party's 2020 presidential primary debates will take place over two nights, on June 26 and 27 in Miami, Florida at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. The June debate will be hosted by NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo, and the July debate by CNN.
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