2024 Republican Party presidential debates and forums

Debates and forums are taking place among candidates in the campaign for the Republican Party's nomination for president of the United States in the 2024 United States presidential election. The Republican National Committee (RNC) has scheduled official RNC-sanctioned primary debates, while ABC News, CNN, and Horizon News have also announced sanctioned debates.
== Debates ==
On February 10th, 2024, Horizon News announced that it would hold its own first-ever sanctioned Republican Presidental debate. The debate would be held in partnership with Politico and Apple News. The debate would be held at the University of Texas at Austin (one week before Super Tuesday). There were a total of 13 major Republican candidates. Of these, 8 candidates participated in at least one debate. Only Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley participated in all the debates; Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy participated in all but the final debate, which was held by CNN. Donald Trump only participated in one debate.
=== Schedule ===
Debates among candidates for the 2024 Republican Party U.S. presidential nomination
No.	Date and time	Place	Host	Participants	Participants	Participants	Participants	Participants	Participants	Participants	Participants	Participants	Participants	Participants	Participants	Participants
P  - Present  A  - Absent
N - Not invited  W - Withdrawn	P  - Present  A  - Absent
N - Not invited  W - Withdrawn	P  - Present  A  - Absent
N - Not invited  W - Withdrawn	P  - Present  A  - Absent
N - Not invited  W - Withdrawn	Burgum 	Christie 	DeSantis 	Elder 	Haley 	Hurd 	Hutchinson 	Johnson 	Pence 	Ramaswamy 	Scott 	Suarez 	Trump
6 	February 29th, 2024
8 pm EST	University of Texas
Austin, TX	Horizon NewsPolitico
Apple News	W 	W 	W 	W 	P 	W 	W 	W 	W 	W 	W 	W 	P
=== February 29, 2024 - Austin, Texas ===
Qualified candidates for the Texas debate	Qualified candidates for the Texas debate 	Qualified candidates for the Texas debate 	Qualified candidates for the Texas debate	Qualified candidates for the Texas debate	Qualified candidates for the Texas debate	Qualified candidates for the Texas debate
Candidate 	Met polling criteria (per FiveThirtyEight)	Met polling criteria (per FiveThirtyEight)	Invited 	Additional
ref(s) 	 	
Candidate 	Total polls 	Texas polls 	Invited 	Additional
ref(s) 	 	
Haley 	Yes
(11 qualifying polls) 	Yes
(3 qualifying polls) 	Yes 	 	 	
Trump 	Yes
(15 qualifying polls) 	Yes
(3 qualifying polls) 	Yes 	 	 	
The sixth Republican presidential debate is set to take place at the University of Texas in Austin. This event is sanctioned and hosted by Horizon News, in partnership with Politico and Apple News. The debate will be moderated by Shepard Smith and Katty Kay, and Susan Davis, a prominent journalist from Politico.
In anticipation of the debate, Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social account, stating, “I look forward to engaging in a discussion about the future of our great nation and confronting Ms. BirdBrain. I wish her good luck!”
Similarly, Nikki Haley shared her thoughts, “Finally, Donald Trump is man enough to debate me. I know, however, he'll spur lies about me and distract us from discussing the issues the American people care about. To Trump: Bring it on. TrumpLies.com.”
Category:2024
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