2016 Republican Presidential Debate Schedule

Republican Primary Debate Schedule

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Below is the schedule for the 2016 Republican Presidential primary debates. Each debate is numbered in order, and gives the time and the list of candidates that will be participating in the debate. For the debates that are completed there will be a link provided to watch the debate.

Completed Debates

Debates Left
1. August 6, 2015
Fox News Channel Republican Primary Debate
  • Showed On: Fox News Channel 
  1. Watch The Prime Time GOP Candidate Debate
  2. Watch The Lower Tier GOP Candidate Debate
  • Sponsors: Fox News, Facebook
  • Moderators For Top 10 Debate: Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly, and Chris Wallace
  • Moderators For Earlier Debate: Bill Hemmer, Martha Maccallum
  • Location of Debate: Cleveland, Ohio
  • Candidates In Prime Time Debate: Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Scott Walker
  • Candidates In Lower Tier Debate: Carly Fiorina, Jim Gilmore, Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, George Pataki, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum
2. September 16, 2015
Reagan Library Republican Debate
  • Showed On: CNN
  1. Watch The Prime Time GOP Candidate Debate
  2. Watch The Lower Tier GOP Candidate Debate
  • Sponsors: Reagan Library Foundation, CNN, Salem Media Group
  • Moderators: Jake Tapper, Hugh Hewitt, Dana Bush
  • Location of Debate: Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA
  • Candidates In Prime Time Debate:  Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Scott Walker
  • Candidates In Lower Tier Debate: Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, George Pataki, Rick Santorum
  • Candidate That Did Not Meet Debate Criteria: Jim Gilmore
3. October 28, 2015
Republican Primary Debate
  • Showed On: CNBC
  1. Watch The Prime Time GOP Candidate Debate
  2. Watch The Lower Tier Candidate Debate
  • Sponsor: CNBC
  • Moderators: Carl Quintanilla, Becky Quick, and John Harwood
  • Location of Debate: Colorado 
  • Candidates In Prime Time Debate: Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump
  • ​Candidates In Lower Tier Debate:  Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, George Pataki, Rick Santorum
  • Candidate That Did Not Meet Debate Criteria: Jim Gilmore
4. November 10, 2015
Republican Primary Debate
  • Showed On: Fox Business Network.
  1. ​Watch The Prime Time GOP Candidate Debate
  2. Watch The Lower Tier GOP Candidate Debate
  • Sponsors: Fox Business Network, Wall Street Journal
  • Moderators For Prime Time Debate: Neil Cavuto, Maria Bartiromo, and Gerard Baker
  • Location of Debate: Wisconsin
  • Candidates In Prime Time Debate: Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump
  • Candidates In Lower Tier Debate: Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal
  • Candidates That Did Not Meet Debate Criteria: George Pataki, Jim Gilmore, Lindsey Graham
5. December 15, 2015
Republican Primary Debate
  • Showed On: CNN
  1. Watch The Prime Time GOP Candidate Debate
  2. Watch The Lower Tier GOP Candidate Debate
  • Sponsor: CNN
  • Moderator: Wolf Blitzer, Dana Bash, and Hugh Hewitt
  • Location of Debate: Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Candidates In Prime Time Debate: Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump
  • Candidates In Lower Tier Debate: Mike Huckabee, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, Rick Santorum
  • Candidate That Did Not Meet Debate Criteria: Jim Gilmore
  • Criteria for Debate
6. January 14, 2016
Republican Primary Debate
  • Showed On: Fox Business Network
  1. Watch the Prime Time and Lower Tier GOP debate
  • Sponsors: Fox Business Network, Wall Street Journal
  • Moderators For Prime Time Debate: Neil Cavuto and Marie Bartiromo
  • Moderators For Lower Tier Debate: Trish Regan and Sandra Smith
  • Location of Debate: North Charleston, South Carolina
  • Candidates In Prime Time Debate: Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump
  • Candidates In Lower Tier Debate: Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum (Rand Paul did not participate in the debate because he was not given access to the prime time debate.)
  • Debate Criteria
 7. January 28, 2016
Republican Primary Debate
  • Showed On: Fox News Channel
  • Sponsor: Fox News
  • Moderators: Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace
  • Location of Debate: Iowa
  • Candidates In Prime Time Debate: Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio (Donald Trump was invited to the debate but refused to participate.)
  • Candidates In Lower Tier Debate: Carly Fiorina, Jim Gilmore, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum
8. February 6, 2016
Republican Primary Debate
  • Showed On: ABC
  • Time of Debate: 8 pm ET
  • Sponsor: ABC, IJReview.com, WMUR
  • Moderator: David Muir and Martha Raddatz
  • Location of Debate: New Hampshire
  • Candidates:  Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump
9. February 13, 2016
Republican Primary Debate
  • To Be Showed On: CBS
  • Sponsor: CBS
  • Moderator: John Dickerson​
  • Location of Debate: South Carolina
  • Candidates:  Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump
10. February 25, 2016
Republican Primary Debate
  • To Be Showed On: CNN (Republican National Committee removed NBC News from sponsoring this GOP debate.)
  • Sponsors: CNN, Telemundo
  • Moderator(s): To Be Announced
  • Location of Debate: Florida
  • Candidates: To Be Announced
11. March 3, 2016
Republican Primary Debate
  • To Be Showed On: Fox News Channel
  • Sponsors: Fox News
  • Moderator(s): To Be Announced
  • Location of Debate: To Be Announced
  • Candidates: To Be Announced
12. March 10, 2016
Republican Primary Debate
  • To Be Showed On: CNN
  • Sponsors: CNN, Salem Media Group
  • Moderator(s): To Be Announced
  • Location of Debate: To Be Announced
  • Candidates: To Be Announced
13.  March 21, 2016
Republican Primary Debate
  • To Be Showed On: To Be Announced
  • Sponsor(s): To Be Announced
  • Moderator(s): To Be Announced
  • Location of Debate: To Be Announced
  • Candidates: To Be Announced
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