KATHLEEN RONAYNE
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Billionaire Tom Steyer qualified Thursday for next week's Democratic presidential debate, putting him on stage in Iowa alongside five other candidates.
"This campaign has a fair bit of momentum right now," he said while campaigning in New Hampshire after learning he'd qualified.
He'll join former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Bernie Sanders and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday in Des Moines.
The debate comes just weeks before the Feb. 3 Iowa caucuses, the first voting contest of the primary campaign.
Steyer qualified by hitting polling and donor thresholds set by the Democratic National Committee.
A new Fox News poll conducted in South Carolina put Steyer at
