The first GOP debate field is set — here's who's in and who's out
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After a slew of new polling released over the past few days, the first Republican debate field is set for Thursday night.
Fox News, which is hosting the first debate, has limited the Republican participants in the prime-time debate to the 10 candidates polling best in an average of five recent national polls.
The candidates who don't make the prime-time debate stage will participate in a separate debate hours earlier.
The network announced which candidates made the cut on Tuesday.
Here's a look, in order of their poll position:
WHO'S IN
Donald Trump, real-estate magnate
Jeb Bush, former Florida governor
Scott Walker, Wisconsin governor
Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor
Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon
Ted Cruz, US senator from Texas
Marco Rubio, US senator from Florida
Rand Paul, US senator from Kentucky
Chris Christie, New Jersey governor
John Kasich, Ohio governor
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WHO'S OUT
Rick Perry, former Texas governor
Bobby Jindal, Louisiana governor
Rick Santorum, former US senator from Pennsylvania
Carly Fiorina, former Hewlett Packard CEO
Lindsey Graham, US senator from South Carolina
George Pataki, former New York governor
Jim Gilmore, former Virginia governor
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