The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. June 14, 2019 Democratic National Committee Approves 20 Candidates for June Debates --------------------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile, the Democratic National Committee on Thursday named 20 candidates who have qualified to appear in the first primary debates on the 2020 campaign. The debates will be spread over two nights, with 10 candidates appearing at each event, to be held June 26 and 27. Those who did not make the DNC's cut include Montana Governor Steve Bullock; former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel; Miramar, Florida, Mayor Wayne Messam; and Congressmember Seth Moulton of Massachusetts. .