Ten candidates are on stage for the three-hour event hosted by ABC News and Univision, beginning at 8 p.m. ET.

There are now less than five months to go before the first votes are cast in the Democratic presidential nominating contest. So the spotlight is going to be even hotter on the 10 candidates who made the cut for Thursday's debate in Houston.

Thousands of Illinois Democrats met Thursday in Springfield for the party’s annual state fair brunch. Candidates repeated familiar attacks on Republicans. But some say they need to do more.