Republican presidential hopefuls debate in Las Vegas — BLOG
Members of the news media take photos of the stage inside the debate hall for a walk-through ahead of the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
Members of the news media take photos of the stage inside the debate hall for a walk-through ahead of the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
News media explore the debate hall for a walk-through ahead of the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
People stand on stage in the debate hall during a news media walk-through ahead of the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
People stand on stage in the debate hall during a news media walk-through ahead of the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush pauses as he speaks to the Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial board on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bizutesfaye
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Thirteen Republican presidential candidates are in Las Vegas for two debates Tuesday at the Venetian.
Nine of them, including the front runners, will be in a prime-time debate that starts at 5:30 p.m. Las Vegas time: Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, Rand Paul and John Kasich.
Four candidates with lower poll numbers will be in an undercard of sorts at 3 p.m.: two former governors, Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and George Pataki of New York; a former U.S. senator, Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania; and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
