The Republican primary GOP debates are happening in preparation for next year. The first one was relatively recent with many candidates in the running. For example, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., have all qualified for the second debate Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. All of these candidates have some experience with politics and money making them all qualified candidates. In addition, Donald J. Trump was supposed to be there but decided to entirely miss the debate as he saw it was “pointless” and was in the process of fighting criminal charges. As of now, it seems that Donald Trump is the favorite of the Republican party, but we have no clear idea. At this point,  only educated guesses could be made. Chris Christie and Donald Trump seem to me to be the best options currently, but I can see Haley or Ramswamey winning as well. All of these candidates are qualified and all can win the pick for the Republican party.