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Fox News Announces Top 10 Candidates in Republican Debate

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Top 10 Republican debate line-up and podium order. (Photo: FOX News)

Fox News has announced the top 10 candidates who have qualified for the Republican debate during prime-time Thursday in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Top 10 Republican Presidential Debate Qualifiers:

The prime-time debaters include current frontrunner and real estate mogul Donald Trump; former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush; Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee; retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson; Texas Sen. Ted Cruz; Florida Sen. Marco Rubio; Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie; and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

The seven who did not make the top 10 but will be invited to a separate 5 p.m. ET debate are former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal; former HP head Carly Fiorina; South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham; former New York Gov. George Pataki; and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore.

Kasich, the governor of a must-win state for the eventual nominee, which just so happens to be the very state where the Fox News debate will be hosted, bumped Perry for the final slot following his recent campaign announcement. In fact, each candidate has received a bump in the polls thus far — save for Trump, who has yet to come down — but Fox did not factor in whether the Buckeye state leader would even maintain what little momentum he has enjoyed.

“As governor, I am glad to welcome my fellow debate participants to our great state and I look forward to discussing the issues facing our country with them on Thursday,” Kasich said in a statement following the announcement.

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Rich, the People's Pundit, is the Data Journalism Editor at PPD and Director of the PPD Election Projection Model. He is also the Director of Big Data Poll, and author of "Our Virtuous Republic: The Forgotten Clause in the American Social Contract."

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