--- title: Republican Debate: See Which Candidates Spoke the Most description: Coming in first was Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, with almost 16 minutes of air time. Ohio Gov. John Kasich trailed the group at 9 minutes. canonical: https://time.com/4151011/republican-debate-talk-times-ted-cruz/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-16T04:56:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:25:02.380Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here's Which Candidate Talked the Most og:description: At Tuesday's Republican debate. og:url: https://time.com/4151011/republican-debate-talk-times-ted-cruz/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64333c64ad4f510e/6988758c0a4a2216cd9c7864/republican-debate-gop-presidential-003.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: John Kasich, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Rand Paul og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Which Candidate Talked the Most twitter:description: At Tuesday's Republican debate. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64333c64ad4f510e/6988758c0a4a2216cd9c7864/republican-debate-gop-presidential-003.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Which Candidate Talked The Most During the Republican Debate  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Dec 16, 2015 4:56 AM UTC  Republican presidential candidates, from left, John Kasich, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Rand Paul take the stage during the Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, in Las Vegas. Republican presidential candidates, from left, John Kasich, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Rand Paul take the stage during the Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, in Las Vegas.Mark J. Terrill—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Dec 16, 2015 4:56 AM UTC During a debate that lasted more than two hours, there was a spread of about six minutes of talk time between the candidate who spoke the most and the one who spoke the least. Coming in first was Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, with almost 16 minutes of air time. He was followed by his frequent sparring partner during the night, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio at 13:33 minutes. Frontrunner Donald Trump came in third with 13:25. Trailing the pack was Ohio Gov. John Kasich in last place with 9 minutes, and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina with 9:32. 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