ABC NEWS LIVE BLOG: The GOP debate

BOULDER -- The Republican candidates for President are met in their third debate at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

ABC News has complete coverage of the debate with commentary and analysis from the ABC News political team.

The third GOP presidential debate was hosted by CNBC. Moderators included CNBC's Carl Quintanilla, Becky Quick and John Harwood. The candidates answered questions focused on jobs, taxes, the deficit and the health of the economy among other issues.

The ten top polling candidates who participated in the main debate were Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Carly Fiorina, Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie, and John Kasich.

The candidates who did not qualified for the main debate (Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, George Pataki, Lindsey Graham) met in a smaller debate before the main event.

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