CNN just announced the lineup for each night of the second presidential primary debate in Detroit, Michigan.
To avoid one debate being labeled an undercard event, CNN used a random drawing to distribute the 20 presidential candidates who qualified across the two debate segments.
Before the drawing, the candidates were divided into three groups based on their polling performance. These groups were then randomly and equally divided between the two nights.
Here are the candidates for Tuesday, July 30:
The other half of the candidates will debate Wednesday, July 31:
Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam, Rep. Seth Moulton, former Rep. Joe Sestak, and investor Tom Steyer did not reach the polling or fundraising qualification requirements.
Former Sen. Mike Gravel reached the fundraising threshold but did not make the debate stage because tiebreaker rules favored candidates who qualified via polling.
All 25 Democratic candidates will have to meet a new set of debate criteria to appear in the third presidential primary debate in September in Houston, Texas.
Candidates must reach 2 percent support or more in four qualifying national or early state polls and receive donations from at least 130,000 unique donors and a minimum of 400 unique donors per state in at least 20 states.
Five candidates have qualified so far: Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren.
