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Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event on July 8, 2023, in Las Vegas. | John Locher/AP Photo
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<p class="story-meta__authors">By <span class="vcard"><a href="https://www.politico.com/staff/zach-montellaro" target="_top">Zach Montellaro</a></span> and <span class="vcard"><a href="https://www.politico.com/staff/steven-shepard" target="_top">Steven Shepard</a></span></p><p class="story-meta__timestamp">
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<p class="story-text__paragraph ">Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie and Tim Scott have met the Republican National Committee’s polling and fundraising thresholds to earn invitations to the first GOP presidential primary debate next month, according to POLITICO’s tracking of the qualification process.</p>
<p class="story-text__paragraph ">In addition, Mike Pence has met the polling criteria but said earlier Tuesday his campaign is still shy of the 40,000-donor mark to qualify.</p>
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Mike Pence said his campaign is still shy of the 40,000-donor mark to qualify.{ai:summary}<p>Former President Donald Trump, along with Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie, and Tim Scott, have qualified for the first GOP presidential primary debate. Mike Pence has also met the polling criteria but is still short of the required number of donors. #politics</p>

Trump, 5 rivals qualify for first GOP debate

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