--- title: Republican Debate: How to Watch Tonight's GOP Debate description: This is the last GOP debate before the all-important Super Tuesday primaries. canonical: https://time.com/4235988/republican-debate-houston-telemundo-gop-how-watch/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-25T14:00:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:29.843Z article:section: Politics og:title: How to Watch Tonight's Republican Presidential Debate og:description: The last GOP debate before the Super Tuesday primaries. og:url: https://time.com/4235988/republican-debate-houston-telemundo-gop-how-watch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7e371a8c91d8b75/69887d9d8e0601719d4649b4/cruz-trump-rubio-gop-debate-south-carolina.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Republican U.S. presidential candidates Senator Ted Cruz (L) and Senator Marco Rubio (R) both gesture at businessman Donald Trump (C) during the Republican U.S. presidential candidates debate sponsored by CBS News and the Republican National Committee in og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How to Watch Tonight's Republican Presidential Debate twitter:description: The last GOP debate before the Super Tuesday primaries. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7e371a8c91d8b75/69887d9d8e0601719d4649b4/cruz-trump-rubio-gop-debate-south-carolina.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How to Watch Tonight's Republican Presidential Debate > Sponsored content. 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But they try._ by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Feb 25, 2016 2:00 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidates Senator Ted Cruz (left) and Senator Marco Rubio (right) both gesture at Donald Trumpduring the CBS News Republican presidential debate at the Peace Center in Greenville, S.C., on Feb. 13, 2016. Republican presidential candidates Senator Ted Cruz (left) and Senator Marco Rubio (right) both gesture at Donald Trumpduring the CBS News Republican presidential debate at the Peace Center in Greenville, S.C., on Feb. 13, 2016. Jonathan Ernst—Reuters by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Feb 25, 2016 2:00 PM UTC Republican presidential candidates will square off Thursday night in their last debate before the Super Tuesday primaries. CNN and Telemundo will host the debate, making it the first sponsored by the Republican National Committee to air on a Spanish-language network. The debate will stream online, without requiring a cable subscription. Real estate mogul Donald Trump, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Ohio Gov. John Kasich will debate from Houston, Texas, with moderators CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and María Celeste Arrarás of Telemundo. The debate will air Feb. 25 at 8:30 p.m. EST and will stream live at [go.cnn.com](http://go.cnn.com) and on [Telemundo.com](http://Telemundo.com). After victories in South Carolina and Nevada, Trump remains the frontrunner. 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