Only 10 Candidates Make the Cut for November Democratic Presidential Debate

Democratic presidential hopeful and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro at the fourth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season in Westerville, Ohio on Oct. 15, 2019. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images

Only 10 candidates met the thresholds for the Democratic presidential debate next week, a decrease of two from last month’s debate.

Julian Castro, a cabinet secretary in the Obama administration, will not be on the stage on Nov. 20, the Democratic National Committee said on Thursday. Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas), who was on the stage in October, recently dropped out of the race.