2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
Schedule
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced on May 5, 2015, that there would be 6 debates, which they considered "a reasonable number and in line with what the national committee sanctioned in 2008." On August 6, 2015, the DNC announced the locations for all six original debates, with exact venues still to be determined, and the specific dates for the first four debates.

2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums

Section Title: Schedule
Table Section Text: The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced on May 5, 2015, that there would be 6 debates, which they considered "a reasonable number and in line with what the national committee sanctioned in 2008." On August 6, 2015, the DNC announced the locations for all six original debates, with exact venues still to be determined, and the specific dates for the first four debates.

No.	Date	Time	Place	Sponsor(s)	Invitees

P Participant I Invitee (to a future debate) N Non-invitee A Absent invitee O Out of race (exploring or withdrawn)	Chafee	Clinton	O'Malley	Sanders	Webb

DNC sanctioned debates

1	Tue Oct. 13, 2015	5:30 p.m. PDT	Wynn Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	CNN/Facebook	P	P	P	P	P

2	Sat Nov. 14, 2015	8 p.m. CST	Drake University Des Moines, IA	CBS News/KCCI/ The Des Moines Register/Twitter	O	P	P	P	O

3	Sat Dec. 19, 2015	8 p.m. EST	St. Anselm College Goffstown, NH	ABC News	O	P	P	P	O

4	Sun Jan. 17, 2016	9 p.m. EST	Gaillard Center Charleston, SC	NBC News/YouTube/Congressional Black Caucus Institute	O	P	P	P	O

5	Thu Feb. 4, 2016	9 p.m. EST	University of New Hampshire Durham, NH	MSNBC	O	P	O	P	O

6	Thu Feb. 11, 2016	8 p.m. CST	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	PBS/WETA-TV/Facebook	O	P	O	P	O

7	Sun Mar. 6, 2016	8 p.m. EST	The Whiting in Flint Cultural Center Flint, MI	CNN	O	P	O	P	O

8	Wed Mar. 9, 2016	9 p.m. EST	Miami Dade College Miami, FL	Univision/The Washington Post/CNN	O	P	O	P	O

9	Thu Apr. 14, 2016	9 p.m. EDT	Duggal Greenhouse in Brooklyn Navy Yard Brooklyn, NY	CNN/NY1	O	P	O	P	O

10	May 2016	N/A	San Francisco, California (canceled)	Fox News Channel	N	N	N	N	N

*^ Participating in at least one debate listed above: Former Gov. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island • Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of New York • Former Gov.

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Clinton, Sanders, and O'Malley received an invitation to the debates.

final_sentence: Clinton, Sanders, and O'Malley received an invitation to the debates.