GOP Candidate Lineup Announced for Prime-Time Fox Business Network Debate – You’ll Never Guess Who’s Bumped out
By Fox News. Fox Business Network on Monday announced the candidate lineup for the Jan. 14 Republican presidential debates – and already one candidate has said he will not participate after not qualifying for the prime-time event.
The participants qualifying for the prime-time, 9 p.m. ET debate are:
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump; Texas Sen. Ted Cruz; Florida Sen. Marco Rubio; retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie; former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush; and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
The participants qualifying for the earlier, 6 p.m. ET debate are:
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul; former HP CEO Carly Fiorina; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee; and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. (Read more from “GOP Candidate Lineup Announced for Prime-Time Fox Business Network Debate – You’ll Never Guess Who’s Bumped out” HERE)
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Paul, Fiorina Bumped From Next Prime-Time GOP Debate
By David Jackson. The Fox Business Network announced on Monday it was inviting only seven Republican candidates to its prime-time debate later this week, relegating Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina to a preliminary session.
The main debate in North Charleston, S.C., on Thursday night will feature businessman Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, former Florida governor Jeb Bush, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
Paul, a Kentucky senator who has been on the main stage in five previous debates, told CNN he will likely skip the 6 p.m. ET preliminary debate Thursday: “I won’t participate in anything that’s not first tier because we have a first-tier campaign.”
Paul and Fiorina were invited to the “undercard” debate along with former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum.
Earlier in the day, the Paul campaign said in a statement that he placed fifth in a recent Iowa poll and has finished ahead of Bush, Christie, Kasich and Fiorina in other surveys. (Read more from “Paul, Fiorina Bumped From Next Prime-Time GOP Debate” HERE)
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