2012 United States presidential debates
Debates

2012 United States presidential debates

Section Title: Debates
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United States presidential election debates, 2012

N°	Date	Host	Location	Moderator	Participants

P Participant. N Non-invitee. A Absent invitee.	Democratic	Republican	Libertarian	Green	Constitution	Justice

President Barack Obama of Illinois	Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts	Governor Gary Johnson of New Mexico	Dr. Jill Stein of Massachusetts	Congressman Virgil Goode of Virginia	Mayor Rocky Anderson of Utah

1	October 3, 2012	University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	Jim Lehrer of PBS	P	P	N	N	N	N

2	October 16, 2012	Hofstra University	Hempstead, New York	Candy Crowley of CNN	P	P	N	N	N	N

3	October 18, 2012	Google+ Hangout	Online	Stephen Peace of IVN.us	N	N	P	P	N	N

4	October 22, 2012	Lynn University	Boca Raton, Florida	Bob Scheiffer of CBS	P	P	N	N	N	N

5	October 23, 2012	Hilton Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	Larry King of Ora.TV Free and Equal Elections Foundation (sponsor)	A	A	P	P	P	P

6	November 4, 2012	Busboys and Poets	Washington, D.C.	Ralph Nader (Moderator & Sponsor)	N	N	P	P	P	P

7	November 5, 2012	RT America	Washington, D.C.	Thom Hartmann of RT Free and Equal Elections Foundation (sponsor)	N	N	P	P	N	N

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United States vice presidential debate, 2012

N°	Date	Host	Location	Moderator	Participants

P Participant. N Non-invitee. A Absent invitee.	Democratic	Republican	Libertarian	Green	Constitution	Justice

Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware	Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin	Judge James P. Gray of California	Cheri Honkala of Pennsylvania	Chairman Jim Clymer of Pennsylvania	Luis J. Rodriguez of California

VP	October 11, 2012	Centre College	Danville, Kentucky	Martha Raddatz of ABC	P	P	N	N	N	N

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Four candidates achieved the criteria: Democratic nominee Barack Obama, Green nominee Jill Stein, Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson, and Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

final_sentence: Four candidates achieved the criteria: Democratic nominee Barack Obama, Green nominee Jill Stein, Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson, and Republican nominee Mitt Romney.