Four presidential hopefuls will face each other for the fourth time Wednesday night for the final Republican

primary

debate of the year.

Instead,

The

group of

candidates

vying for a distant second place

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will take the stage at the University of Alabama

is this its name? could be confusing. the name is University of Alabama. It is located in Tuscaloosathis wording is fine/donr

in Tuscaloosa.

The debate will begin at 5 p.m. Pacific. It will air on NewsNation, via television, online streaming and phone apps

lication

. The CW television network will also broadcast the debate in the Eastern and Central time zones. KTLA-TV (Channel 5) in Los Angeles will carry the debate at 5 and again at 8 p.m. Online streaming platform Rumble will also

carrybroadcast

the event.

Former President Trump, who has skipped the previous three primary debates, plans to skip Wednesday night’s event as well.

Trump enjoys a

huge comfortable

lead over his opponents, with 59% support on average in Republican primary polls, according to polling aggregatore FiveThirtyEight. DeSantis averages 13%, with Haley

close behind at on his heels with

10.5%

support

.

Several candidate

s

have

already

dropped out of the race

,

months before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses

set for in

Jan

uary

. 15. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum was the latest to exit the field Monday, following former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott

, who quit last month when? Last month, right?

.

NewsNation anchor Elizabeth Vargas,

one of the debate moderators

, told The Times she would focus many of the questions on Trump, who is the main opponent the four candidates have to overcome. In previous debates, candidates focused their ire mostly on President Biden or

oneeach an

other.

NewsNation is also inviting viewers to submit questions for the candidates.

Vargas will moderate

the debate

alongside Megyn Kelly, host of SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Show, and

does this take a “THE” theWashington Free Beacon editor in chief

Eliana Johnson

, editor in chief of the Washington Free Beacon

. The debate could be a boon to the relatively nascent NewsNation network, which has steadily been growing since its launch in 2020. Last month’s third GOP candidate debate drew 7 million viewers to NBC.

All of us at NewsNation are incredibly honored to be hosting a presidential primary debate and to be part of what will be another historic election season. We are also extremely pleased to have the opportunity to introduce more Americans to NewsNation,” said Sean Compton, Nexstars president of networks, in a statement.

Republican presidential candidates former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis talk during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

(Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press)

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Dec. 6, 2023

Four presidential hopefuls will face each other for the fourth time Wednesday night for the final Republican

primary

debate of the year.

Instead,

The

group of

candidates

vying for a distant second place

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will take the stage at the University of Alabama

is this its name? could be confusing. the name is University of Alabama. It is located in Tuscaloosathis wording is fine/donr

in Tuscaloosa.

The debate will begin at 5 p.m. Pacific. It will air on NewsNation, via television, online streaming and phone apps

lication

. The CW television network will also broadcast the debate in the Eastern and Central time zones. KTLA-TV (Channel 5) in Los Angeles will carry the debate at 5 and again at 8 p.m. Online streaming platform Rumble will also

carrybroadcast

the event.

Former President Trump, who has skipped the previous three primary debates, plans to skip Wednesday night’s event as well.

Trump enjoys a

huge comfortable

lead over his opponents, with 59% support on average in Republican primary polls, according to polling aggregatore FiveThirtyEight. DeSantis averages 13%, with Haley

close behind at on his heels with

10.5%

support

.

Several candidate

s

have

already

dropped out of the race

,

months before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses

set for in

Jan

uary

. 15. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum was the latest to exit the field Monday, following former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott

, who quit last month when? Last month, right?

.

NewsNation anchor Elizabeth Vargas,

one of the debate moderators

, told The Times she would focus many of the questions on Trump, who is the main opponent the four candidates have to overcome. In previous debates, candidates focused their ire mostly on President Biden or

oneeach an

other.

NewsNation is also inviting viewers to submit questions for the candidates.

Vargas will moderate

the debate

alongside Megyn Kelly, host of SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Show, and

does this take a “THE” theWashington Free Beacon editor in chief

Eliana Johnson

, editor in chief of the Washington Free Beacon

. The debate could be a boon to the relatively nascent NewsNation network, which has steadily been growing since its launch in 2020. Last month’s third GOP candidate debate drew 7 million viewers to NBC.

All of us at NewsNation are incredibly honored to be hosting a presidential primary debate and to be part of what will be another historic election season. We are also extremely pleased to have the opportunity to introduce more Americans to NewsNation,” said Sean Compton, Nexstars president of networks, in a statement.