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Ten Democratic candidates will debate next week in the fifth primary face-off, which has increasing importance, with presidential hopefuls set to face voters in fewer than three months.

Candidates who met the polling and fundraising requirements set by the Democratic National Committee are former Vice President Joe Biden; New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker; South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg; Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard; California Sen. Kamala Harris; Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar; Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders; billionaire businessman and activist Tom Steyer; Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren; and entrepreneur Andrew Yang.

Who will be onstage for the next debates?

The Nov. 20 debate in Atlanta will air on MSNBC from 9 to 11 p.m. ET and will be co-hosted by 

. Four female journalists are set to moderate: MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell, NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker and 

The stage will be a bit smaller than it was last month, when a 

former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke has dropped out

 of the race. Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro did not qualify for the November debate; six other candidates didn't qualify again either. 

The DNC debate requirements were stricter this time around — candidates had to hit at least three percent in four qualifying polls since Sept. 13 or at least five percent in two early-state polls. They also had to get 165,000 unique donors, with 600 of those coming from 20 different states.

The benchmarks are set to get even tougher for the Dec. 19 debate. The candidates have to hit four percent in four polls or six percent in two early-state polls from Oct. 16 through Dec. 12, along with reaching 200,000 unique donors, with 800 of those from 20 different states.

So far, only six candidates meet those requirements: Biden, Buttigieg, Harris, Klobuchar, Sanders and Warren.

But there could be new competitors angling to make the December debate stage. Former Massachusetts Gov. 

Politics and Government News

Election 2020

Jessica Taylor

Author

The requirements for the Nov. 20 debate, hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post, were stricter than they have been — and December's bar is even higher.

10 Democratic candidates qualify for next week's November debate

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