Castro cleared the bar for the September debate with eight days left to qualify
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro has qualified for the fall Democratic primary debates, the tenth candidate to do so.poll released Tuesday. To qualify for the debate, candidates need to get at least 2 percent in four polls approved by the Democratic National Committee and donations from 130,000 unique donors. Castro
had already gotten 2 percent in three previous polls, and his campaign said he has already hit the donor mark.is the tenth candidates to qualify for the two fall debates, joining Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang on stage., Biden leads the Democratic field with 29 percent, followed by Sanders' 15 percent and Warren's 14 percent.
Buttigieg and Harris are tied for fourth place at 5 percent each, and O'Rourke has 3 percent, the last candidate above that mark. Additional candidates only have another 8 days to qualify for the September debate. The debate will be on Sept. 12. The DNC said that it will limit the stage to no more than 10 candidates, so if an additional candidate qualifies, a second night of debates will be held on Sept. 13.is the next most likely candidate to qualify for the fall debates, needing just one additional poll after
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