On Tuesday, December 15th, CNN will host the 5th and final republican debate of the year. Out of the many republican candidates this race started with the game is getting more and more competitive and the list of competition is getting shorter. The 6pm debate will showcase the 4 lowest ranked candidates: Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Lindsey Graham and George Pataki. The main debate stage will be made up of the 9 republican candidates with the highest votes: Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, Rand Paul and John Kasich.