Subject: POLITICO Breaking News: Republican debate field announced
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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 11:54:03 -0600

Rand Paul will be on the main stage at Tuesday's GOP presidential debate in Las Vegas after CNN apparently tweaked its criteria to add a ninth podium for the Kentucky senator, the network announced Sunday.

The candidates who will be on the main stage are: Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie and Paul.

The top five candidates qualified as a result of their standing in national polls. Kasich, Fiorina and Christie - who was in the undercard debate last month - made the cut due to their poll numbers in New Hampshire. Candidates qualified if they achieved an average of 3.5 percent in national polls conducted since late October - or 4 percent in either Iowa or New Hampshire.

According to POLITICO's calculations, Paul was at 2.8 percent nationally, 3.7 percent in Iowa and 3 percent in New Hampshire. CNN didn't immediately explain how Paul qualified for the main debate.
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