Castro becomes tenth candidate to qualify for September Democratic presidential debate

by Laura Clawson

Daily Kos Staff

Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 at 5:41:47am PDT

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 27: Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro speaks at the National Forum on Wages and Working People: Creating an Economy That Works for All at Enclave on April 27, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Six of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are attending the forum, held by the Service Employees International Union and the Center for American Progress Action Fund, to share their economic policies. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro has qualified for the September presidential debate. Castro got his fourth qualifying poll at 2% after having already reached the 130,000-donor threshold.

That makes 10 candidates to qualify for the September debate with just over a week until the deadline for qualifying polls. Former Vice President Joe Biden; Sens. Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren; Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, and Andrew Yang had already qualified.

The CNN poll that put Castro over the top also gave Rep. Tulsi Gabbard her second qualifying poll. Billionaire Tom Steyer is one poll away from making the debate.