Preceding debate in the 2015–16 Democratic series · Source
QL/RA/cG
Groups & collections
launch event chartspolitical events
People, places & connections
Public connections
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wikipedia · Actual participant in the selected debate, distinguished from invitations, withdrawn campaigns and cancelled later events.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wikipedia · Actual participant in the selected debate, distinguished from invitations, withdrawn campaigns and cancelled later events.
Wolf BlitzerModerator or contributing questioner
cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com · The selected event section or cited host source explicitly identifies the questioning role.
Dana BashModerator or contributing questioner
cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com · The selected event section or cited host source explicitly identifies the questioning role.
Errol LouisModerator or contributing questioner
cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com · The selected event section or cited host source explicitly identifies the questioning role.
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.
Places
Duggal Greenhouse, Brooklyn Navy Yard, New Yorkevent location · venue precision · 40.7023, -73.9776 · America/New_York
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 Actual candidates and named questioners retained; invitations, withdrawn/cancelled debates, historical figures, policy subjects, political reactions and remote social-media commentary are not attendance claims.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 Actual candidates and named questioners retained; invitations, withdrawn/cancelled debates, historical figures, policy subjects, political reactions and remote social-media commentary are not attendance claims.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.
Sources and source trail
Sources and review
Wikipedia individual event record; Individually reviewed event clock, terrestrial location and participants
Chart type
event chart
Visibility
public event
Data quality
source review cleared
Library status
Reviewed public record
Source review
Reviewed source notes
Public reports
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Reviewed
Oct 29, 2026, 12:25 AM
Source quality
Source quality: reported - minute precision
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. Contemporary April14clock is21:00ET, which isEDT−04:00. The source text and targeted primary transcript passages identifyBlitzer,BashandLouis; no announcer or audience roster is inferred.