Tenth Republican Party presidential debate, February 2016 in Houston, Texas
| Candidate | Airtime[1] | Polls[2] |
|---|---|---|
| Trump | 30:23 | 33.6% |
| Cruz | 19:51 | 20.4% |
| Rubio | 16:48 | 16.4% |
| Kasich | 17:36 | 9.8% |
| Carson | 10:15 | 7.4% |
The Republican Party's tenth presidential debate ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election was held on February 25, 2016 at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, following the Nevada caucuses.
The debate was broadcast by CNN as its third of four debates, in conjunction with Telemundo. The debate aired five days before 14 states vote on Super Tuesday, March 1. While the debate was to be held in partnership with Telemundo's English-language counterpart NBC, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus announced on October 30, 2015, that it had suspended the partnership in response to CNBC's "bad faith" in handling the October 28, 2015, debate.[3][4] On January 18, 2016, the RNC announced that CNN would replace NBC News as the main host of the debate, in partnership with Telemundo and Salem Communications (CNN's conservative media partner). The debate was shifted a day earlier at the same time.[5] National Review was disinvited by the Republican National Committee from co-hosting the debate over its criticism of GOP front-runner Donald Trump.[6] On February 19, the criteria for invitation to the debate was announced: in addition to having official statements of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission and accepting the rules of the debate, candidates must have received at least 5% support in one of the first four election contests held in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada.[7] By these criteria, all five remaining candidates, Carson, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio, and Trump, qualified for invitation to the debate. This was the tenth and final debate appearance of Carson, who skipped the following debate on March 3, and dropped out of the race the following day.[8]
References
- ↑ SPRUNT, BARBARA. "On The Clock: Trump Dominated Debate In Speaking Time". npr.org. NPR. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
- ↑ "RealClearPolitics - Election 2016 - 2016 Republican Presidential Nomination".
- ↑ "Debate fallout: GOP suspends debate partnership with NBC". Washington Examiner. October 30, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ↑ "RNC CANCELS ONLY DEBATE TO AIR ON SPANISH-LANGUAGE TV". Newsweek.com. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ↑ "NBC replaced by CNN for GOP's Super Tuesday debate". CNN Money. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ↑ "National Review Kicked Out of GOP Debate After Anti-Trump Stand". Wall Street Journal. January 22, 2016.
- ↑ Watkins, Eli (February 19, 2016). "CNN's Wolf Blitzer will moderate Republican debate in Houston". CNN. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ Jackson, David; Kelly, Erin (March 4, 2016). "Ben Carson drops out of GOP presidential race". USA Today. Retrieved March 4, 2016.