Night Two: June 27
Michael Bennet, senator from Colorado
Joseph R. Biden Jr., former vice president
Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind.
Kirsten Gillibrand, senator from New York
Kamala Harris, senator from California
John Hickenlooper, former governor of Colorado
Bernie Sanders, senator from Vermont
Eric Swalwell, representative from California
Marianne Williamson, self-help author
Andrew Yang, former tech executive
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A mixture of senior advisers, campaign managers and press representatives were in the room for the drawing. The names were drawn from two boxes wrapped in white gift wrap with gold polka dots. The names of the candidates who had received an average of 2 percent support in polls or higher were in one box, and the remaining candidates were in the other.
Word about how exactly the group would be divided came one day after the Democratic National Committee made clear which members of the 23-person field had qualified for the debates — and which had not.
Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana, Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts and Mayor Wayne Messam of Miramar, Fla., did not meet the polling and fund-raising criteria outlined by the Democratic National Committee, and were not invited.