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Getty Univision/Washington Post Democratic debate to be held March 9

The final Democratic presidential primary debate will be held March 9 at Miami-Dade College in Florida, hosts Univision and The Washington Post announced on Monday.

As of now, the Univision debate is the only presidential primary debate that will be broadcast on a major Spanish-language network, since the Republican National Committee suspended its relationship with NBC, which was set to host a GOP debate in February alongside Telemundo (also owned by NBC).

But even if the NBC/Telemundo relationship with the RNC is not repaired, Telemundo might still have a shot at hosting some presidential primary candidates. The Washington Post reported on Monday that Telemundo is in talks with the Democratic National Committee about hosting a forum with the Democratic candidates. The Post reports that Telemundo had already been in talks about hosting the Democratic candidates but that in the wake of the RNC suspension those talks have intensified.

In a statement, DNC communications director Luis Miranda did not confirm that a forum was in the works, but said it would be happy to have one.

"If NBC and Telemundo host a forum for Democratic candidates we’d be happy to promote it, just as we have with others like Move On and the November 6th South Carolina forum with MSNBC. While we will not be sanctioning forums, we would be happy to help promote such events should they organize them," Miranda said in an email.

A Telemundo spokesperson did not comment.