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In a Republican presidential primary race dominated by former President Donald Trump, you can\u2019t underestimate the importance of Wednesday\u2019s kickoff GOP nomination debate,<\/a> a Fox News-hosted primetime showdown in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

“It means a lot for me and every other candidate. It\u2019s going to be the biggest audience any of us have spoken before in a long time,” former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, making his second run for the White House, told Fox News Digital earlier this month. “It\u2019s important for people to get to know you, to know who you are, what you want to do for the party and for the country.”<\/p>\n

Christie is one of eight candidates who have reached the polling and donor thresholds mandated by the Republican National Committee<\/a> to qualify for the initial debate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The others are former President Donald Trump,\u00a0former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, former Ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and biotech entrepreneur and bestselling author Vivek Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n

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With one more day to go to qualify,\u00a0roughly a half dozen other Republican White House hopefuls are still aiming to make the stage.<\/p>\n

Trump, the commanding frontrunner<\/a> for the nomination as he makes his third straight White House run, hasn\u2019t committed to attending the debate and has said he won\u2019t sign an RNC pledge it is requesting the candidates make to take the stage. The pledge states that candidates will support the GOP\u2019s eventual presidential nominee \u2014 regardless of who it is \u2014 and that they won\u2019t take part in any debate not sanctioned by the national party committee.<\/p>\n

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Regardless of whether he\u2019s on the stage, the former president and the multiple criminal indictments he\u2019s legally battling will be firmly in the debate\u2019s spotlight. But for the other candidates, the showdown provides a rare chance to boost their brand names.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s obviously an opportunity for us because \u2026 of the eight candidates who\u2019ve made the stage, we\u2019re the least well known. By definition that gives us the most upside,” Burgum, who\u2019s not well known outside North Dakota, told Fox News a week ago during an interview at the Iowa State Fair.<\/p>\n

Mayor Francis Suarez, who\u2019s far from a brand name outside of South Florida, is still fighting to make the stage.<\/p>\n

“For someone like me, it\u2019s critical” to qualify for the debate,” Suarez told Fox News a couple of days ago.<\/p>\n

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Even Pence<\/a>, who enjoys strong name recognition among Americans thanks to his four years as vice president, said last week that “my hope in that debate is that people may be able to get to know me a little bit better.”<\/p>\n

And DeSantis, in a Fox News Radio interview last week, highlighted that the debate will “give us an opportunity to be able to speak to a large audience of voters who have not yet paid attention to this primary. I mean, you could have 10, 15, 20 million viewers, most of whom have probably never seen any of us in action before.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Longtime New Hampshire-based GOP consultant Jim Merrill, a veteran of numerous Republican presidential campaigns, emphasized that “this debate is enormously important, not only for the top-tier candidates, but for those who have yet to break through. This is the first national opportunity for a lot of these candidates to make an impression on voters.”<\/p>\n

Republican communicator and strategist Ryan Williams agreed, highlighting that the first debate “is an opportunity for many of the candidates to make a first impression on the national stage. It also allows candidates who are far back in the pack to have a breakout moment.”<\/p>\n

Merrill noted that “as we\u2019ve seen in recent years, debates can give a candidate a surge that they need at a critical time, but it can also really do damage to a campaign if a debate doesn\u2019t go well.”<\/p>\n

“I think, for Ron DeSantis, this is an opportunity to help reset his campaign and reestablish himself as the clear No. 2,” Merrill said. “And, I think, for candidates like Nikki Haley and Tim Scott, it\u2019s an opportunity to break out. And, clearly, for Chris Christie, he\u2019s been talking about this debate for months \u2014 I think in the hope Donald Trump is on stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I think, for him, it\u2019s to prove that he can do more than just punch Donald Trump and expand his base of support. And for everyone else, it\u2019s obviously an opportunity to introduce themselves to voters in early states around the country.”<\/p>\n

David Carney, another Republican consultant with decades of presidential campaign experience, noted that, for the candidates on the stage, “the pressure\u2019s high.”<\/p>\n

“They need to think on their feet, look authentic and take the curveballs that come,” Carney emphasized.<\/p>\n

And all the candidates are seeking an opportunity to go viral.<\/p>\n

“They have their policy positions down,” Merrill said. “This is all about creating viral breakthrough moments. A moment of strength that gets beyond a 45-second answer about tax policy or farm policy.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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