Republican presidential candidates (Lto R) Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, participates in a debate sponsored by Fox News on March 3, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. Voters in Michigan will go to the polls March 8 for the State’s primary. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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DETROIT — The four remaining Republican presidential candidates took the debate stage Thursday night in Detroit, Michigan.

The event took place after front-runner Donald Trump spent the day in a heated exchange of words with the Republican party’s 2012 nominee, Mitt Romney.

Trump was on stage with just three rivals — Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and John Kasich. Ben Carson announced Wednesday that he would not attend the debate in his hometown, as he doesn’t “see a political path forward” in the Republican presidential nomination process.

The debate came two days after Trump dominated Super Tuesday, taking seven victories.