--- title: Republican Debate: Read the Transcript of the Eighth Debate description: Here's what they said. canonical: https://time.com/4210921/republican-debate-transcript-new-hampshire-eighth/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-07T02:30:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T13:07:26.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read the Full Transcript of the Eighth Republican Debate og:description: Here's what they said. og:url: https://time.com/4210921/republican-debate-transcript-new-hampshire-eighth/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt685f86424f9a843f/69887c82cd1bbaff846ff4cb/timepol-gop-republican-debate-new-hampshire-221.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL GOP Debate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read the Full Transcript of the Eighth Republican Debate twitter:description: Here's what they said. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt685f86424f9a843f/69887c82cd1bbaff846ff4cb/timepol-gop-republican-debate-new-hampshire-221.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read the Full Transcript of the Eighth Republican Debate in New Hampshire by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:07 PM UTCPublished: Feb 7, 2016 2:30 AM UTC  Audience members attend a Republican presidential debate on Feb. 6, 2016, in Manchester, N.H. Audience members attend a Republican presidential debate on Feb. 6, 2016, in Manchester, N.H.Nate Gowdy for TIME by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:07 PM UTCPublished: Feb 7, 2016 2:30 AM UTC Seven Republican presidential candidates met for a debate at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. The main stage featured real estate mogul Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. The debate moderators were ABC’s David Muir and Martha Raddatz with additional questions will come from local journalist Josh McElveen and conservative pundit Mary Katharine Ham. Here is a partial transcript of the debate. Check back later for a complete transcript. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4210921/republican-debate-transcript-new-hampshire-eighth/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4210921/republican-debate-transcript-new-hampshire-eighth/"},"headline":"Read the Full Transcript of the Eighth Republican Debate in New Hampshire","datePublished":"2016-02-07T02:30:22.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T13:07:26.000Z","description":"Here's what they said.","url":"https://time.com/4210921/republican-debate-transcript-new-hampshire-eighth/","keywords":["Debates","Chris Christie","Sen. Marco Rubio","ted cruz","jeb bush","new hampshire","Donald Trump","john kasich","Dr. Benjamin S. Carson"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt685f86424f9a843f/69887c82cd1bbaff846ff4cb/timepol-gop-republican-debate-new-hampshire-221.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/blt685f86424f9a843f/69887c82cd1bbaff846ff4cb/timepol-gop-republican-debate-new-hampshire-221.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIMEPOL GOP Debate","caption":"TIMEPOL GOP Debate","creditText":"Nate Gowdy for TIME","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/4210921/republican-debate-transcript-new-hampshire-eighth/","name":"Read the Full Transcript of the Eighth Republican Debate in New Hampshire"}}]}] ```