North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has not yet qualified for next week’s third GOP primary debate in Miami, the only candidate to admit they are on the outside looking in seven days out of the race.
The 67-year-old made it to the stage in Milwaukee and Simi Valley, Calif., but didn’t get enough support in Wednesday’s qualifiers to meet the steeper requirements for the South Florida debate.
Burgum still needs to reach at least 4% in one national poll and one early state poll, spokesman Lance Trover told The Post.
The governor reached 3.2% in a national poll conducted by the Trafalgar Group in mid-September, and reached 3% in a Des Moines Register Iowa poll that may be released on Monday.
The Republican National Committee requires candidates to receive the 4% benchmark in either two recognized national polls or one national poll and one poll from two Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, the first four states on the Republican nomination calendar.
Burgum has largely self-funded his campaign using millions of his multimillion-dollar net worth and has scoffed at calls for him to quit. Getty Images Burgum has until November 6 to get 4% in the eligibility survey.Getty Images
All candidates must also have at least 70,000 unique donors from at least 20 states or territories and at least 200 donors in each of those 20 jurisdictions.
Five candidates say they have met that criteria for the Nov. 8 debate: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, biotech mogul Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC ).
The RNC is expected to confirm the full debate lineup on Monday night.
Doug Burgum speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Annual Leadership Summit.Getty Images
Former Vice President Mike Pence dropped out of the race on Saturday and former President Donald Trump plans to skip the debate to host a rival rally in Florida.
The Best of America PAC, which is backing Burgum’s White House bid, expressed confidence about his showing in the polls despite the low numbers, pointing to his one percentage point gain in the Iowa poll — the same increase Trump received.
“While other candidates lost their spirit and had to leave their campaigns,” said PAC spokesperson, Emily Benavides. “Governor Burgum continues to rise in the state’s early voting thanks to our effective TV program and voter relations.”
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