--- title: Democratic Debate: Read the Full Text of the Third Debate description: Here is a transcript. canonical: https://time.com/4156144/democratic-debate-third-new-hampshire-abc-transcript/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-20T04:55:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:31:22.319Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read the Full Text of the Third Democratic Debate og:description: Here's a transcript. og:url: https://time.com/4156144/democratic-debate-third-new-hampshire-abc-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9dba3db3d235eb89/698876380a4a228f429c79ae/democratic-debate-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Dem 2016 Debate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read the Full Text of the Third Democratic Debate twitter:description: Here's a transcript. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9dba3db3d235eb89/698876380a4a228f429c79ae/democratic-debate-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Transcript: Read the Full Text of the Third Democratic Debate in New Hampshire by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Dec 20, 2015 4:55 AM UTC  Bernie Sanders, left, Hillary Clinton, center, and Martin O’Malley take the stage for a Democratic presidential primary debate, Dec. 19, 2015, at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Bernie Sanders, left, Hillary Clinton, center, and Martin O’Malley take the stage for a Democratic presidential primary debate, Dec. 19, 2015, at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.Jim Cole—AP by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Dec 20, 2015 4:55 AM UTC Three candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination met to debate for the third time Saturday night. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley debated at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. The moderators were David Muir and Martha Raddatz of ABC News. Here is a complete transcript of the debate. --- > “” --- **Read Next:** [_Hillary Clinton Fends Off Attacks At Democratic Debate_](http://time.com/4155432/democratic-debate-third-data-breach/?xid=homepage) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4156144/democratic-debate-third-new-hampshire-abc-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4156144/democratic-debate-third-new-hampshire-abc-transcript/"},"headline":"Transcript: Read the Full Text of the Third Democratic Debate in New Hampshire","datePublished":"2015-12-20T04:55:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:31:22.319Z","description":"Here is a transcript.","url":"https://time.com/4156144/democratic-debate-third-new-hampshire-abc-transcript/","keywords":["Debates","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Bernie Sanders","Martin O'malley"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9dba3db3d235eb89/698876380a4a228f429c79ae/democratic-debate-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9dba3db3d235eb89/698876380a4a228f429c79ae/democratic-debate-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dem 2016 Debate","caption":"Dem 2016 Debate","creditText":"Jim Cole—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/debates/","name":"Debates"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4156144/democratic-debate-third-new-hampshire-abc-transcript/","name":"Transcript: Read the Full Text of the Third Democratic Debate in New Hampshire"}}]}] ```