Headline Roundup • December 19th, 2019
Dem Debates: Round Six
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New York Post (News)
The sixth debate featuring the Democratic presidential candidates will take place from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Seven hopefuls, the smallest number this far for a debate this primary season, have qualified: billionaire Tom Steyer, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden, South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and entrepreneur Andrew Yang.
Business Insider
The requirements to make the sixth Democratic presidential primary debate to be held tonight, December 19, were the strictest the Democratic National Committee has set so far, and it will make for the most intimate debate stage yet.
Candidates had to both secure 200,000 individual donors, of which 800 must be from 20 different states or territories, and earn 4% in four DNC-approved national or early-state polls from Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, or Nevada.
Los Angeles (CNN)The final Democratic primary debate of 2019 is one of the best opportunities left for the seven Democrats slated to appear here in California on Thursday to leave voters in Iowa and across the country with a good impression before voting begins in 2020.
A host of Democratic primary storylines will play out when the candidates take the stage: Is there anything that can knock former Vice President Joe Biden off the top? Will a rising Sen. Bernie Sanders and stumbling Sen. Elizabeth Warren stay friendly? Will the...
