The first GOP debate field is set - here's who's in and who's out
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Fox News, which is hosting the first debate, has limited the Republican participants in the prime-time debate to the 10 candidates polling best in an average of five recent national polls. The candidates who don't make the prime-time debate stage will participate in a separate debate hours earlier.
The network announced which candidates made the cut on Tuesday.
Here's a look, in order of their poll position.
WHO'S IN
- Donald Trump, real-estate magnate
- Jeb Bush, former Florida governor
- Scott Walker, Wisconsin governor
- Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor
- Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon
- Ted Cruz, US senator from Texas
- Marco Rubio, US senator from Florida
- Rand Paul, US senator from Kentucky
- Chris Christie, New Jersey governor
- John Kasich, Ohio governor
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WHO'S OUT
- Rick Perry, former Texas governor
- Bobby Jindal, Louisiana governor
- Rick Santorum, former US senator from Pennsylvania
- Carly Fiorina, former Hewlett Packard CEO
- Lindsey Graham, US senator from South Carolina
- George Pataki, former New York governor
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