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Mayor Bill de Blasio and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand appear to have squeaked in to participate in the first Democratic presidential primary debates later this month.

A Politico analysis has the pair of New York pols crossing the threshold to get two of 20 coveted spots at the June 26-27 debates in Miami, hosted by NBC News.

To qualify, the Democratic National Committee is requiring that candidates earn 1% in at least three polls or get donations from 65,000, with 200 in 20 different states.

Gillibrand is polling at an average of 1.3% and de Blasio at 1%, the analysis showed.

Politico based its analysis on public polling data and comments from the campaigns about their number of donors.

Thirteen frontrunners have already qualified, according to the analysis, including Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Beto O’Rourke.

Candidates have until June 12 to qualify.

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