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The New Hampshire primary on February 9 is shaping up to be an epic battle for the Republican Party.

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Four candidates — Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and John Kasich — are within six points of each other in the HuffPost Pollster average of polls of the New Hampshire Republican primary. If one of them can break away in the next few weeks, it could shake up the entire race.

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The Republican presidential race is in a holding pattern heading into the holidays.

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When asked why Democrats are having another debate on a Saturday night, DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz told the Boston Globe that “competing calendar issues” and “lack of network flexibility” were the issues.

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This custom chart from PredictWise tells the story of the 2016 Republican presidential nomination fight.

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Here are the three things I’m watching tonight:

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With seven weeks until the Iowa caucus, there are still 13 Republican candidates in the race for the presidential nomination. Nine will be featured on the main debate stage tomorrow night and four will be relegated to the earlier “undercard” debate. Most of them don’t break 5% support in either national or early state polls.

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With Ted Cruz surging in the latest Iowa and national polls, it’s becoming increasingly clear that he’s the candidate with the best path to the Republican nomination.