2nd GOP debate LIVE Updates: Who all are participating? Who is not?
In attendance (and participated in first debate):
Ron DeSantis (Florida governor)
Mike Pence (Former Vice President)
Nikki Haley (Ex-US ambassador to UN, former South Carolina governor)
Vivek Ramaswamy (Entrepreneur)
Tim Scott (South Carolina Senator)
Chris Christie (Ex-New Jersey governor)
Doug Burgum (North Dakota governor)
Meanwhile, of the eight who participated in the first round, former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson is missing as he failed to meet the criteria to qualify. Former President Donald Trump, who lost the previous election, in November 2020, as sitting President to Democrat’s Joe Biden, the current President, is also missing.
Trump did not attend the first round as well.
