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The first general election debate between the major candidates of the 2024 United States presidential election was sponsored by CNN and attended by presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump on June 27, 2024. Biden withdrew from the race in July, and Kamala Harris was elected to replace him, while Trump became the official Republican nominee that same month. The second debate, which will be sponsored by ABC, is scheduled to be held on September 10, 2024, if Harris agrees to Trump's terms on holding additional debates.
Four general election debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) were originally scheduled to be held between September 16 and October 9, 2024. Both Biden and Trump opposed the CPD's debate format and schedule.[1][2] In May 2024, both campaigns agreed to bypass the CPD and hold the alternative debates, canceling the CPD debates. Biden performed poorly during the first debate, with many commentators and Democrats calling for him to drop out of the race. Biden withdrew his bid for re-election on July 21.
Biden's withdrawal led to doubts over the September 10 debate. Trump suggested in late July on Truth Social that the September 10 ABC debate should instead be held by Fox News. On August 8, Trump said he would debate Harris at the September 10 debate. Trump proposed additional debates on September 4 on Fox News and September 25 on NBC, but the Harris campaign has not yet announced whether she would participate in the two additional debates, instead leaving the door open for a debate in October.
A vice presidential debate will be held on October 1 on CBS News.
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