GOP presidential hopefuls Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley are back on the debate stage Monday night to appeal to voters just five days before the Iowa caucuses.
Former President Donald Trump was the only other primary candidate to meet the 10% polling benchmark to qualify for the debate, but as with the previous four debates, he declined to participate. Instead, Trump will appear on a Fox News town hall in Iowa at the same time.
CNN is hosting the debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, starting at 9 p.m. EST. CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash are moderating the debate.
Neither former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie nor entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy qualified for the debate, and Christie formally withdrew from the race Wednesday, just hours before the debate was to begin.
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