Reviewed event-specific participating-candidate table, location, named moderator section and original broadcaster time announcement. Captures all actual debaters and moderators listed in those sections. Absent Trump and other nonparticipants have no attendance edge. Full transcript audience questioners, welcome speakers, security/production crew and all ancillary media coverage are not exhaustively reviewed.
Reviewed event-specific participating-candidate table, location, named moderator section and original broadcaster time announcement. Captures all actual debaters and moderators listed in those sections. Absent Trump and other nonparticipants have no attendance edge. Full transcript audience questioners, welcome speakers, security/production crew and all ancillary media coverage are not exhaustively reviewed.
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
0
Reviewed
Oct 29, 2026, 12:25 AM
Source quality
Source quality: source quoted - minute precision
Wikipedia individual event record
Individually reviewed event clock, terrestrial location and participants
Source label: Wikipedia event review
Broadcaster/host original announcement explicitly defines the scheduled debate window; Eastern broadcast clock converted to the venue’s local zone. The debate start is separate from earlier coverage and later analysis. Published schedule only, not an inferred first spoken word.