5th Democratic primary debate set for Nov. 20 in Georgia


The fifth Democratic presidential primary debate will be co-hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post on Nov. 20, MSNBC announced Tuesday.
It will take place in Georgia, but the exact location, format, and moderators will be revealed later. In order to be invited onstage, candidates must meet certain criteria, as set by the Democratic National Committee: one week before the debate, they have to hit at least 3 percent in four qualifying state or national polls or 5 percent in two qualifying state polls, plus receive contributions from 165,000 unique donors, including 600 unique donors in 20 states.
There are now 19 Democrats in the race, and NBC News reports that an unofficial survey suggests that eight candidates appear to have qualified for the November debate already: former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), billionaire activist Tom Steyer, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and entrepreneur Andrew Yang.
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The fourth Democratic debate, hosted by CNN and The New York Times, is set for Oct. 15 at Ohio's Otterbein University.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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