The first 2020 Democratic debate will be almost as crowded with moderators as it is with actual candidates.
NBC on Tuesday announced that there will be five moderators for the first debate of the 2020 Democratic primary: Lester Holt, Savannah Guthrie, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, and José Diaz-Balart, NBC News reports. The debate is set to occur over two nights on June 26 and June 27.
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Twenty Democrats are scheduled to participate — half during one night's debate and half during the next night's.
After this first debate, The Hollywood Reporter writes CNN is set to host the second Democratic debate in July, while ABC will get the third, which is set for September. Going into the fall, the Democratic National Committee will raise the bar for qualifying for the debates, which should result in a slightly less comically crowded stage as the primary continues in full swing. Brendan Morrow
Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect Holt's participation in the event.
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