The race for the White House picks up speed tonight in Cleveland when the 17 GOP candidates square off in the first debates of the campaign. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will be there, so watch the Political Insider blog on ajc.com for developments.
Follow the debate live with reporters and political experts at http://live.ajc.com/Event/AJC_360_live_GOP_debate.
PolitiFact Georgia will also follow the debate, sending out live Tweets and posting on its Facebook page. See how candidates have scored on a variety of issues likely to come up at
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AJC staffers will also be at a debate-watching party tonight set up as part of the RedState Gathering in Buckhead.
The Gathering is a key event at this early stage of the campaign, when 10 of the GOP candidates — former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, businesswoman Carly Fiorina, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, businessman Donald Trump and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker — will come to Atlanta on Friday and Saturday to make their cases before a conservative audience.
Here's what you need to know about the Gathering, including how to follow it and how to avoid traffic around it.
The AJC will be there in full force on ajc.com, MyAJC.com, Twitter and Facebook to see who made the biggest and best impressions before a conservative audience.
Speaking Friday will be Christie, Fiorina, Jindal, Perry and Rubio.
The lineup on Saturday features Bush, Cruz, Huckabee, Trump and Walker.
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