Former Vice President Mike Pence has attained the qualifications to attend the first primary debate for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
Pence’s team announced on Monday that his campaign had surpassed 40,000 individual donors, Politico reported. That number is one of the Republican National Committee’s requirements to attend the debate on Aug 23 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The former vice president also reached the other needed qualifications, which include polling at least 1% nationally. He is the eighth candidate to qualify, and he’s possibly the last.
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Pence’s qualification could see him face off against his former boss for the first time since their falling out if former President Donald Trump agrees to attend.
The previous seven GOP candidates who have reached the necessary conditions to appear on the stage in Milwaukee are Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND).
Long-shot candidate Perry Johnson claims that he has also reached the 40,000 donor threshold, but he has not yet polled at least 1% on any national polls.
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The one other candidate in range to join the eight onstage is former Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. While he has reached the polling qualification, he told Talk Business & Politics on Sunday that he has only gotten money from 20,000 donors, with half of that coming in the past two weeks. However, he voiced optimism that he could make up the difference before Aug. 23.
“We’re going at a fast pace. And I want to say Arkansas has just been terrific. They’ve been very supportive, they know what’s at stake, they want me on the debate stage. And I’m very, very grateful to them,” he said.
