2016-03-09 Democratic presidential debate — scheduled start: Preceding debate in the 2015–16 Democratic series · Source
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Hillary ClintonDebating candidate
wikipedia · Actual participant in the selected debate, distinguished from invitations, withdrawn campaigns and cancelled later events.
Bernie SandersDebating candidate
wikipedia · Actual participant in the selected debate, distinguished from invitations, withdrawn campaigns and cancelled later events.
Anderson CooperModerator or contributing questioner
wikipedia · The selected event section or cited host source explicitly identifies the questioning role.
Don LemonModerator or contributing questioner
wikipedia · The selected event section or cited host source explicitly identifies the questioning role.
Bryn MickleFlint Journal editor and debate questioner
cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com · The reviewed transcript explicitly introduces Mickle and gives his question.
Dana BashAnnounced contributing questioner
nexttv.com · Contemporary advance production coverage names Bash as a contributing questioner; this is retained as an announced assignment, not an independently observed stage appearance.
2016 Democratic Party presidential debate series2015–16 Democratic Party presidential debate series
wikipedia · The reviewed numbered debate sections identify this event as one debate in the nine-debate series. Series membership does not imply identical participant lists or a same-night programme.
Reviewed complete selected debate narrative, its participation/time row, and cited source paragraphs for direct participants and moderators. Actual candidates and named questioners retained; invitations, withdrawn/cancelled debates, historical figures, policy subjects, political reactions and remote social-media commentary are not attendance claims. Remaining gaps: complete audience questioners, campaign guests and production crew; full question-by-question transcripts were not exhaustively inspected.
Reviewed complete selected debate narrative, its participation/time row, and cited source paragraphs for direct participants and moderators. Actual candidates and named questioners retained; invitations, withdrawn/cancelled debates, historical figures, policy subjects, political reactions and remote social-media commentary are not attendance claims. Remaining gaps: complete audience questioners, campaign guests and production crew; full question-by-question transcripts were not exhaustively inspected.
Coverage describes the cited sections reviewed for this record.
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Wikipedia individual event record; Individually reviewed event clock, terrestrial location and participants
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Wikipedia individual event record
Individually reviewed event clock, terrestrial location and participants
Source label: Wikipedia event review
The individually reviewed event row gives this date and advertised start; the cited primary host/broadcaster notice or contemporary schedule corroborates the clock. Local offset validated against IANA. This is the defined broadcast/debate programme start, not first-question seconds. CNN’s next-day primary account explicitly records the liveFlintdebate20:00–22:00. The primary transcript confirms TheWhitingatFlintCulturalCenter. A trade advance called the venueUM-Flint; the explicit transcript venue governs.