(Bloomberg) -- Cory Booker’s campaign manager said he doesn’t expect the candidate to make the cut for the Democratic presidential debate stage in Los Angeles on Dec. 19.

“While we have made the unique-donor threshold we are not expecting to make the four-poll threshold and be on the debate stage,” Addisu Demissie said on a call with reporters.

Candidates have until midnight Thursday to obtain 4% in four DNC-approved national polls or 6% in two early-state polls and donations from 200,000 individuals to qualify for the sixth Democratic debate. Booker met the donor threshold after a call for support at the end of the November debate, but he did not have any qualifying polls.

Demissie said the campaign saw its best fundraising stretch to date after the November debate, raising $3 million in three weeks. The campaign plans to put in a $500,000 ad buy in Iowa in the upcoming weeks.

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Joe Biden will travel to San Antonio, Texas, for a community event on Friday afternoon.

Seven Democratic presidential candidates have so far qualified for the final debate of 2019 in Los Angeles on Dec. 19.

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