Democratic debate deadline: What we know and don't know

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Questions about the first Democratic presidential debate are swirling ahead of Wednesday’s qualifying deadline.

Only 20 candidates will make the stage for the June 26-27 debate, which will be spread out across two days with 10 candidates on each night.

It’s unclear who will debate whom, or how the Democratic National Committee (DNC) will make some of its final calls on the placement of candidates. The DNC has not announced when it will disclose the final list of 20 debate participants, but one campaign source said it could come Friday.

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Who has qualified?

Twenty candidates are expected to qualify, either by having received donations from 65,000 unique donors in at least 20 states or by reaching 1 percent support in three sanctioned polls.

Fourteen candidates have met both standards, including Biden and the three candidates closest to him in national polls and early voting states: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.).

Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.), who is just behind those candidates in polls, has also met both criteria, as have Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (Texas), former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii), Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang and author Marianne Williamson.

They’ll likely be guaranteed a spot on the stage and could be joined by six others who have met just the polling threshold: Sen. Michael Bennet (Colo.), former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, former Rep. John Delaney (Md.), New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, Rep. Tim Ryan (Ohio) and Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.).

That leaves Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.), Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, Miramar, Fla., Mayor Wayne Messam and former Sen. Mike Gravel (Alaska) on the outside looking in, unless they meet the polling or fundraising thresholds by the end of the day on Wednesday.

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