Here is the list of the top 20 Democrats participating in the first primary debate
The DNC has announced participants chosen for the first Democratic primary debate in Miami on June 26 & 27 The top 20 presidential candidates selected to participate in the first Democratic primary debate later this month have been announced. Nearly all of them made it. The diverse list includes women, men and for the first time, an openly gay contender, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
Author and activist Marianne Williamson also made the cut along with the expected lot Biden, Sanders and Warren.
Gov. STEVE Bullock of Montana, Rep. Seth Moulton and Mass. and Mayor Wayne Messam of Mirarmar, Fla. are out.
The participating candidates are: Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Beto O’Rourke, Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Michael Bennet, Amy Klobuchar, Tim Ryan, Eric Swalwell, Tulsi Gabbard, Jay Inslee, John Hickenlooper, Julian Castro, Bill de Blasio, John Delaney, Andrew Yang, and Marianne Williamson.
The DNC pulled names to form two groups. Warren will be in the "kiddie table" debate.
The DNC implemented more stringent criteria to narrow the field of participants. To meet the threshold each of them had to get 1% in three separate DNC approved polls and at least 65,000 donations with a minimum of 200 donors from 20 states.
