GOP Candidates Must Have 40,000 Donors And Poll At 1% To Make First Debate Stage – By S.V. Date (Huffpost) / June 2, 2023
The RNC released its rules for the primary debate on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee, which also include a pledge to support the eventual presidential nominee.
Republican presidential candidates hoping to participate in the season’s first primary debate on Aug. 23 will need to prove that they have 40,000 individual donors, with at least 200 from 20 different states or territories, while also polling at least at 1% and promising to support the party’s eventual nominee.
The Republican National Committee on Friday announced the criteria for the Milwaukee event, formalizing the rules that candidates and others have known were coming together for weeks.
“The RNC is committed to putting on a fair, neutral, and transparent primary process and the qualifying criteria set forth will put our party and eventual nominee in the best position to take back the White House come November 2024,” Ronna McDaniel, the committee chair, said in a statement.
The GOP will stage a second debate on Aug. 24 if there are too many qualifying candidates to appear on a single stage, although the party would not say what the limit would be. Nor would it specify on what basis the candidates would be split between the two nights.
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