Democratic Debate Coverage: Candidates take to the stage in Houston

With Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders dominating the 2020 race, Thursday’s debate was one of the dwindling opportunities for the second tier to rise.

Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren clash on stage for the first time at the Democratic debate in Houston.

Biden shows his stamina, Warren faces incoming, Harris makes nice, Castro swings below the belt.

The 2020 Democratic candidates at the Houston debate promised to fight racial bias.

During the third Democratic debate, former Housing secretary Julián Castro confronted former Vice President Joe Biden about something he said during the debate. Many saw it as an attack on Biden’s age and memory.

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke drew cheers at the Democratic debate in Houston for his passionate response to mass shootings in El Paso and Odessa, Texas.

Yang promises 10 families $1,000 a month for a year.

The 10 candidates who qualified for tonight’s debate are Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julián Castro, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang.

What to watch for when the Democratic candidates debate. Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren will share a debate stage for the first time on Thursday in Houston.

What about the candidates who didn’t make the debate? Marianne Williamson will offer post-debate analysis; Tulsi Gabbard will campaign without the “ridiculous 60-second time constraints.”

Democratic primary voters worry that intraparty attacks on the debate stage could hurt their eventual nominee. For candidates seeking a breakout moment, the temptation to go negative carries risk.

The debate Thursday night will for the first time put the entire top tier on stage together, including Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren.

They face daily indignities on the trail. Donor dollars are drying up. Voters don’t even know who they are. Yet the 2020 presidential also-rans soldier on. What motivates them?

With momentum flagging, Kamala Harris is counting on Thursday’s debate and a new strategy in Iowa and New Hampshire to reenergize her campaign.

Joe Biden considered running with Elizabeth Warren in 2016, although their storied battle over bankruptcy policy has left scars more than a decade later.

In September 2019 debate, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren will represent the big choices facing Democrats about what they stand for and how they’d govern.

Struggling Democratic presidential candidates are facing the bad news that they are not among the 10 who have qualified for the next debate, a predicament that is likely to spell doom for their campaigns.