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And then there were two.

Republican 2024 presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis will spar tonight on the debate stage in Des Moines, Iowa, ahead of Monday’s caucus in the The Hawkeye State.

The one-on-one contest marks one of the final chances for Haley, former Ambassador to the United Nations, and Florida Gov. DeSantis, to make their cases to voters before the first caucus in the 2024 race for the White House.

Former president Donald Trump met the qualifying criteria for Wednesday’s debate, but decided to skip out, as he has done for every other debate in the 2024 cycle.

Instead, Trump will be participating in a town hall on Fox News that will run in direct opposition to CNN’s debate. No other GOP candidates qualified for the Iowa debate due to their low poling numbers.

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