Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson claimed he qualified for the first presidential debate Sunday.

The former governor announced on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday morning that his campaign "met all the criteria that the RNC set to be on the debate stage," though a person familiar with the verification process told the Washington Examiner that "the RNC has not verified his donors yet and he has not signed the pledge."

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To qualify for Wednesday's debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a candidate must have at least 40,000 unique donors, with at least 200 unique donors per state, and must reach at least 1% in three national polls meeting the RNC’s requirements or at least 1% in two national polls and two polls from separate early voting states.

Each candidate is also expected to sign a loyalty pledge expressing their commitment to unite and back the eventual Republican nominee, which Hutchinson, who has been one of the few candidates to directly attack former President Donald Trump, has not done yet.

Hutchinson said his campaign submitted 42,000 individual donors to the Republican National Committee and said he would sign the pledge.

As of now, eight candidates are eligible for the debate stage, although the front-runner, Trump, has indicated he will not attend. They are: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, while former Vice President Mike Pence, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) struggled to raise enough funds or reach 1% in polls but eventually hit the thresholds to qualify.

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Days ago, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced he met the requirements for the first primary debate, but within hours, the RNC said he hadn't yet qualified, while fellow long-shot candidate Perry Johnson claimed that he too qualified for the debate, which the RNC has not yet confirmed.