On The Clock: Trump Dominated Debate In Speaking Time

By Barbara Sprunt

Published February 25, 2016 at 10:21 PM EST

The final speaking times after Thursday's debate at the University of Houston, the final GOP debate before Super Tuesday.

The five remaining Republican presidential candidates met Thursday night in Houston for the final debate before Super Tuesday.

To qualify for the debate, hosted by CNN, candidates had to get 5 percent support in any of the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries or Iowa and Nevada caucuses.

The winner will get a big boost ahead of Super Tuesday, the day when the most states and delegates are at stake. Who ended up with the most talking time? As always, NPR had its stopwatch at the ready.

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Barbara Sprunt

Barbara Sprunt is a producer on NPR's Washington desk, where she reports and produces breaking news and feature political content. She formerly produced the NPR Politics Podcast and got her start in radio at as an intern on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered and Tell Me More with Michel Martin. She is an alumnus of the Paul Miller Reporting Fellowship at the National Press Foundation. She is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and a Pennsylvania native.

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