MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN: Nine Republican presidential candidates have qualified for the first GOP primary debate on Wednesday evening in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum will be asking the questions as co-moderators while also hosting the debate.
Which leaders are expected to take part in the debate?
However, with former President Donald Trump distracted by four criminal indictments and boycotting the Fox News-hosted debate, only eight candidates are expected to take the stage at the Fiserv Forum.
These are Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, Asa Hutchinson and Doug Burgum.
"Tomorrow join @marthamaccallum and me 9pmET live from Milwaukee for the first #GOPDebate!, Bret Baier posted on X.
Fox News also unveils stage for GOP debate
The hosts Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, however, will miss a key figure in the debate, which is Former President Donald Trump.
He had made it official on Sunday that he would not be attending the debate.
Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social: "The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had,"
Trump further added on the social media post, "I WILL THEREFORE NOT BE DOING THE DEBATES!"
Fox News will air the debate on Wednesday evening from 9-11 pm ET, as reported by US Today.
What is Bret Baier's Net Worth?
The Chief political anchor's net worth is reported to be around $30 Million CelebrityNetworth as of June 2023.
The publication reports that he earns an annual salary of $7 million, Bret appeared as himself in a 2017 episode of the Netflix series 'House of Cards,' and he has published the books 'Special Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage and Love' (2014), and 'Three Days in January' (2017).
'Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire' (2018), 'Three Days at the Brink' (2019), and 'To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876' (2021).
Bret was born in Rumson, New Jersey. Bret married Amy Hills on October 9, 2004, and they have two sons, Paul and Daniel. Paul was born with a potentially deadly cardiac abnormality, and he has had open-heart surgery multiple times.
Bret Baier and the Fox News
Bret Bair is the Chief political anchor, anchor, and executive editor of Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News.
Baier is also the host of FOX News Audio's 'The Bret Baier Podcast' which includes Common Ground, The Campaign, The Candidates, and The All-Star Panel.
He joined the FNC in 1998 as the first reporter in the Atlanta bureau and he is now based in Washington, DC. "Throughout his tenure at FNC, Baier has played a critical role in every major political event since joining the network," the network mentioned him under his bio on the website.
Bret Baier's uphill journey from Southeastern correspondent
Most recently Baier co-anchored FNC's 2022 Midterm election coverage. In 2022, Baier provided live breaking news coverage surrounding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
He also interviewed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. He also spoke with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
Earlier in 2006 he worked as a White House Correspondent covering the second term of George W. Bush's administration. He was FNC's Southeastern correspondent from 1998 to 2001.
What is Bret's qualification?
Prior to joining FNC, Baier a graduate of DePauw University is BA in political science and English.
Before joining FNC he worked with WRAL-TV (CBS 5) in Raleigh, NC, WREX-TV (NBC 13) in Rockford, IL, and WJWJ-TV (PBS 2) in Beaufort, SC.
