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 The Voters First Republican Presidential Forum was set up to
accommodate candidates who were not ranked in the top 10 in national
polling and who are to compete in the first official Republican
debate, moderated by Fox News on Aug. 6 in Cleveland.
But now many in the top 10 are planning to show up for the New
Hampshire forum as well. New York real estate mogul Donald Trump is
not attending, the Union Leader newspaper of Manchester, New
Hampshire, reported.
The Voters First Republican Presidential Forum is to be held at St.
Anselm College in Manchester.
The two-hour forum is intended to highlight the importance of New
Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary, along with the nominating
contests in Iowa and South Carolina.
The Union Leader, one of the sponsors for the forum, said the
candidates who have committed to attend include Jeb Bush, Scott
Walker, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Carly Fiorina, Bobby Jindal, John
Kasich and Chris Christie.
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Also on the list are Rick Perry, George Pataki, Lindsey Graham, Ted
Cruz, Rick Santorum and Ben Carson.
(Reporting by Steve Holland; Editing by Christian Plumb)
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