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	The following table lists all 12 debates, their locations, their hosts and sponsors, and all candidates who will participate in each debate.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/05/republican-primary-debate-calendar-updated-207222.html\|title=Republican debate calendar (updated)\|work=Politico\|accessdate=May 15, 2015}}</ref>		The following table lists all 12 debates (plus the "forum" broadcast shortly before the officially sanctioned televised debates), their locations, their hosts and sponsors, and all candidates who will participate in each debate.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/05/republican-primary-debate-calendar-updated-207222.html\|title=Republican debate calendar (updated)\|work=Politico\|accessdate=May 15, 2015}}</ref>
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	===Summaries===		===Summaries===

			====August 3, 2015 -- Goffstown, New Hampshire====

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	====August 6, 2015 – Cleveland, Ohio====		====August 6, 2015 – Cleveland, Ohio====

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The 2016 Republican presidential debates will occur among candidates for the Republican Party's presidential nomination for the national election of 2016.

Announced debates

The Republican National Committee announced the 2015–2016 debate schedule on January 16, 2015. It revealed that only 12 debates would be held, in a stark contrast to the 27 debates and forums that were held from 2011 to 2012. The announcement included which news organizations would host each debate, with Fox News and CNN having three each; and one each for ABC, CBS, NBC, CNBC, Fox Business Network, and a conservative media outlet to be announced. The first debate will be Thursday, August 6, 2015, one debate will follow per month until February, when three are scheduled, and March, when two are scheduled.

Logistics

With up to 18 major candidates potentially vying for the nomination, the prospect of including all the candidates in a debate presents logistical difficulties. For the August 6, 2015 Fox News debate, only the top 10 candidates based on the most recent five national polls will be invited to the 9 pm debate. Other candidates have the chance to participate in another debate that will be held at 5 pm. For the September 16, 2015 CNN debate, there will be one debate with only candidates who are in the top ten in recent polling, and another for those not in the top ten but polling at least one percent in "public polling".

In mid-July Fox News asked that candidates offer a full personal financial disclosure, which is in line with Federal Election Commission guidelines, prior to the first debate.

Criticism

With the use of polls to winnow out the field, some of the lower polling candidates – including Rick Santorum and Lindsey Graham – have complained that exclusion from the debates could prevent them from being competitive in the primary race. Some in the media have questioned Donald Trump's seriousness as a candidate and have pondered as to whether or not he should be included in the debates. However, Trump did file paperwork with the FEC to run as a candidate for the presidency.

The debates

The following table lists all 12 debates (plus the "forum" broadcast shortly before the officially sanctioned televised debates), their locations, their hosts and sponsors, and all candidates who will participate in each debate.

Debates among candidates for the 2016 Republican Party U.S. presidential nomination
*N°.*	Date	Place	Sponsor	Participants
P Participant, main debate. S Participant, secondary debate. I Invitee (to a future debate). N Non-invitee. A Absent invitee. O Out of race (exploring or suspended).				Jeb Bush	Ben Carson	Chris Christie	Ted Cruz	Carly Fiorina	Jim Gilmore	Lindsey Graham	Mike Huckabee	Bobby Jindal	John Kasich	George Pataki	Rand Paul	Rick Perry	Marco Rubio	Rick Santorum	Donald Trump	Scott Walker
0	August 3, 2015	St. Anselm College Goffstown, NH	C-SPAN
1	August 6, 2015	Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH	Fox News
2	September 16, 2015	Reagan Library Simi Valley, CA	CNN
3	October 28, 2015	Coors Events Center Boulder, CO	CNBC
4	Nov. 2015	Wisconsin	Fox Business Network
5	December 15, 2015	Nevada	CNN/Salem Radio Network
6	Jan. 2016	Iowa	Fox News
7	February 6, 2016	New Hampshire	ABC News
8	February 13, 2016	South Carolina	CBS News
9	February 26, 2016	Houston, Texas	NBC News/Telemundo/ National Review
10	Mar. 2016	TBD	Fox News
11	Mar. 2016	TBD	CNN/Salem Radio Network
12	TBD	TBD	TBD
_* Participating in at least one debate listed above:
Not invited to any debate listed above:

Summaries

August 3, 2015 -- Goffstown, New Hampshire

The Voters First Forum moderator is Jack Heath of WGIR radio, who will ask questions of each of the participating candidates based on a random draw. The forum will be broadcast nationally by C-SPAN as the originating-source media entity, beginning at 6:30pm EDT and lasting from 7pm to 9pm. The location is provided by the New Hampshire Institute of Politics and Political Library of St. Anselm College (politician-ratings-group Live Free or Die Alliance is an associate sponsor). Quite unusually the event will also be simul-cast and/or co-sponsored by New England Cable News in New Hampshire, New Hampshire Public Radio, WLTX-TV in South Carolina, KCRG-TV in Iowa, the Union Leader in New Hampshire, the Post and Courier in Charleston South Carolina, the Cedar Rapids Gazette in Iowa, WGIR in New Hampshire, and iHeartRadio on the internet (C-SPAN is also offering an online version of the broadcast). Financial sponsors include No Labels, Americans for Prosperity, Eversource Energy, Eastern Bank, and others.

August 6, 2015 – Cleveland, Ohio

The first Republican debate will be hosted by Fox News and Facebook at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio – the same location as the future 2016 Republican National Convention. The two-hour debate, which will air on Fox News at 9 pm EDT, will invite the 10 highest-polling candidates, as measured by the average of the top five national polls selected by Fox. In addition, all other candidates who are "consistently being offered" as choices in national polls will be invited to a one-hour debate beginning at 5 pm EDT.

September 16, 2015 – Simi Valley, California

The second debate will take place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, which previously hosted two of the Republican debates in 2008 – the very first one and the penultimate one. Similarly to the latter, this debate will air on CNN. Similar to the Fox News-sponsored debate in Cleveland, the debate will be split into a primary and secondary grouping. Rules for dividing the groups have been published by CNN.

October 28, 2015 – Boulder, Colorado

The third debate will be held Oct 28 at the University of Colorado in Boulder. CNBC stated it would focus on the economy.

November 2015 – Wisconsin

The fourth debate will be held somewhere in Wisconsin, airing on the Fox Business Network.

December 15, 2015 – Nevada

The fifth debate, and the final debate of 2015, will be held on December 15, 2015, somewhere in Nevada. It will be the second debate to air on CNN, and will also be broadcast by Salem Radio.

January 2016 – Iowa

The sixth debate, and the first debate of 2016, will be held in Iowa, which holds the first caucuses, and will be the second debate to air on Fox News.

February 6, 2016 – New Hampshire

The seventh debate will be held in the first state to hold primaries, New Hampshire, and will air on ABC News.

February 13, 2016 – South Carolina

The eighth debate, and second consecutive debate in the month of February, will be held in another early primary state of South Carolina, airing on CBS News.

February 26, 2016 – Houston, Texas

The ninth debate, and third and final debate of February, will be held in Houston, Texas, and will air on NBC News in conjunction with Telemundo and National Review.

March 2016 – TBA

The first of two known debates to be held in March 2016, and the tenth debate overall, will be the third and final debate to air on Fox News.

March 10, 2016 – TBA

The second of two known debates in March, the eleventh overall, will be the third and final debate to air on CNN, and the second debate to be broadcast by both CNN and Salem Radio.