Ramaswamy clinches donor threshold for first GOP debate: campaign

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has cleared the donor threshold necessary to qualify for the first GOP debate, his campaign confirmed on Friday.

Tricia McLaughlin, a senior adviser on Ramaswamy’s campaign, confirmed to The Hill that Ramaswamy had reached 65,000 unique donors — well over the required minimum of 40,000 donors.

The criteria, announced by the Republican National Committee (RNC) in June, also requires candidates to be at a polling minimum of 1 percent in at least three national polls, or at 1 percent in two national polls and one state poll from two of the early primary or caucus states: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.

The fundraising milestone for Ramaswamy comes amid a small surge in momentum.