--- title: Republican Debate: See Which Candidate Spoke The Most description: According to data curated by insidegov.com, Carly Fiorina got the most speaking time of all the candidates onstage. canonical: https://time.com/4092530/republican-debate-speaking-time/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-29T13:57:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:11:20.755Z article:section: Politics og:title: See Who Got the Most Speaking Time During the GOP Debate og:description: Can you guess? og:url: https://time.com/4092530/republican-debate-speaking-time/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb94d7b20c3726c6f/69886eae3c1639282d45a740/gop-2015-debate-2-election-2016-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: GOP 2016 Debate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Who Got the Most Speaking Time During the GOP Debate twitter:description: Can you guess? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb94d7b20c3726c6f/69886eae3c1639282d45a740/gop-2015-debate-2-election-2016-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Who Got the Most Speaking Time During the Republican Debate  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Oct 29, 2015 1:57 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidates, from left, John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, and Rand Paul take the stage during the CNBC Republican presidential debate on Oct. 28, 2015, in Boulder, Colo. Republican presidential candidates, from left, John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, and Rand Paul take the stage during the CNBC Republican presidential debate on Oct. 28, 2015, in Boulder, Colo.Brennan Linsley—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Oct 29, 2015 1:57 PM UTC With 10 candidates on a debate stage [grandstanding, sparring and talking over each other](http://time.com/4092423/who-won-and-lost-at-the-debate), it can be hard for anyone to break through and get their time in the spotlight. But according to data compiled by [insidegov.com](http://www.insidegov.com/), Carly Fiorina did that better than the other Republican contenders at the debate Wednesday night. The former CEO of Hewlett-Packard got the most speaking time of the debate with a little more than 10 minutes total, closely followed by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. Perhaps surprisingly, Donald Trump, who took center stage and is known for his bombast, only came in fourth. And former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who [TIME reports lost the debate overall](http://time.com/4092125/republican-debate-jeb-bush-lost/?xid=homepage), came in ninth. Bush only bested Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who came in last with just over six minutes of speaking time. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4092530/republican-debate-speaking-time/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4092530/republican-debate-speaking-time/"},"headline":"See Who Got the Most Speaking Time During the Republican Debate","datePublished":"2015-10-29T13:57:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:11:20.755Z","description":"It wasn't Jeb Bush","url":"https://time.com/4092530/republican-debate-speaking-time/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Sen. 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