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Mike Bloomberg has qualified for Wednesday's Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, setting up the first face-to-face showdown between the self-funding billionaire and the other top candidates for the nomination.
Bloomberg, whose late entry has roiled the race, met the Democratic National Committee's criteria by earning at least 10 percent in four qualifying polls — including an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey Tuesday morning that showed the former New York City mayor at 19 percent. That placed him second only to the national leader, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and ahead of the former frontrunner, Joe Biden, who was in third place.
Bloomberg, whose late entry has roiled the race, met the Democratic National Committee's criteria by earning at least 10 percent in four qualifying polls — including an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey Tuesday morning that showed the former New York City mayor at 19 percent. That placed him second only to the national leader, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and ahead of the former frontrunner, Joe Biden, who was in third place.