Fox ID’s Debate Participants

Fox has announced which 10 GOP presidential candidates have made the Aug. 6 debate, which will be invited to the pre-debate forum, and the five national polls whose average numbers determined those lineups.

The 10 main event participants are Donald Trump; Gov. Jeb Bush; Gov. Scott Walker; Gov. Mike Huckabee; neurosurgeon Ben Carson; Sen. Ted Cruz; Sen. Marco Rubio; Sen. Rand Paul; Gov. Chris Christie; and Gov. John Kasich.

Not making the cut, but who will be invited to appear at a forum the same day, were Gov. Rick Perry, Sen. Rick Santorum  Gov. Bobby Jindal; former HP chief Carly Fiorina; Sen. Lindsey Graham; Gov. George Pataki; and Gov. Jim Gilmore.

The five polls were Bloomberg, CBS News, Fox News, Monmouth University and Quinnipiac University.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.