Fox News, Union Leader Announce Forums for Candidates Who Don't Make First GOP Debate

It comes after more than four dozen New Hampshire Republican figures asked Fox and the RNC to allow more candidates into the first debate.

A man votes in the New Hampshire primary at Bedford High School on January 10, 2012 in Bedford, New Hampshire. Voters in New Hampshire headed to the polls in the nation's first primary election to pick their choice for a U.S. presidential candidate.
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By Ben Brody

June 11, 2015 at 12:01 PM UTC

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Fox News said Wednesday it will hold a forum on the afternoon of Aug. 6 for Republican presidential candidates who don't qualify for the party's first official debate that evening.

The news came after the New Hampshire Union Leader newspaper said it would host its own forum on the same day, broadcast on C-SPAN, and after more than four dozen New Hampshire Republican figures asked Fox and the Republican National Committee to allow more candidates into the first debate. Fox had said only the top 10 candidates in an average of the five latest national polls would make the cut.