BISMARCK, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Doug Burgum for America Campaign announced that it has exceeded the donor requirements set forth by the Republican National Committee to qualify for the third debate.

Burgum has received contributions from over 70,000 individual donors, including more than 200 from 20 different states. Burgum is just the 5th candidate to meet the RNC’s requirements.

“Doug Burgum was one of the last candidates to get in the race and is now among the first to reach the donor threshold,” said campaign spokesman Lance Trover. “While he plans to continue defying the odds and be on the debate stage, our campaign knows that ultimately it is the voters in Iowa and New Hampshire who will begin the process of picking the next President, not pundits and national polls.”