“Due to the overwhelming interest in the FOX News Facebook Debate Event Night on August 6th and in a concerted effort to include and accommodate the now 16 Republican candidate field — the largest in modern political history — FOX News is expanding participation in the 5 PM/ET debate to all declared candidates whose names are consistently being offered to respondents in major national polls, as recognized by Fox News,” said Clemente in a statement.

Fox lowers threshold for early debate http://t.co/CasF5VSFNe | Getty pic.twitter.com/fL4EKr9wRS

— POLITICO (@politico) July 28, 2015

The 9 p.m. debate will include the 10 candidates with the highest average in national polls, as determined by Fox News. The 5 p.m. forum will now include all the rest.

Fox News opens early debate to those lowest in the polls: http://t.co/oxXt7eeqAU pic.twitter.com/DYsvvPB8KX

— The Hill (@thehill) July 28, 2015

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Republican Presidential debates for 2016 election start next month.

August 6, 2015 - Location – Cleveland, OH - Time 9pm ET
September 16, 2015 - Location – Reagan Library, CA - Time
October, * 2015 – Location – Colorado – Time – *TBD
November * 2015 – Location – Wisconsin – Time – *TBD
December * 2015 – Location - Las Vegas, Nevada – Time – *TBD
January * 2016 – Location - Iowa
February 6, 2016 – Location - St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire – Time – *TBD
February 13, 2016 – Location - South Carolina – Time – *TBD
February 26 – Location - Texas – Time – *TBD
March * 2016 – Location – – *TBD
March 10, 2016 – Location – Florida – Time – *TBD

*Debate sponsor have not yet named all of specific dates