NEW: Andrew Yang qualifies for next Democratic debate.
announced Thursday that he is the ninth candidate to qualify for the next Democratic debate, beating better-known senators, governors and mayors to that benchmark.of likely Iowa Democratic caucus-goers out Thursday shows Yang with 2 percent support, giving him the fourth poll he needs to qualify for the September debate in Houston.
Yang, who has never held elective office and was almost entirely unknown until recently, is now arguably closer to his party's presidential nomination than people like Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, or New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. So far, eight other candidates appear to have qualified: Former Vice President Joe Biden; New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker; Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana; California Sen. Kamala Harris; Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar; former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke; Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders; and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
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