Welcome to your Trail Guide, Debate Day Edition. Republicans will be taking the stage tonight for the first primary debate of the season. The L.A. Times political team is in position to bring you updates from Cleveland, Washington, Brooklyn and Los Angeles. Here's what we're watching:
- The Times' Seema Mehta and Lisa Mascaaro sets the stage for the showdown. It's been Donald Trump's world, but some candidates will be looking for a way to break out
- Trump aside, the candidates have other troubles to worry about tonight
- What's at stake? Here's a reminder of four moments that mattered from the GOP's 2012 primary debate blitz
- Democrats, meanwhile, are starting to fight about their debate schedule — or lack of one.