By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

One of the moderators for tonight’s fourth GOP presidential debate is Hays native Gerald Seib. The event at the Milwaukee Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is hosted by Fox Business Network and the Wall Street Journal.

Seib is the WSJ Washington Bureau Chief. He is a 1974 graduate of TMP Marian High School and earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas in 1978. Seib was part of the team from the Journal that won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in the “breaking news” category for its coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Seib and Fox Business Network anchors Trish Regan and Sandra Smith, will moderate the second tier debate from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. CT.

Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee, who had each participated with the top-tier candidates in the three prior primetime debates have been bumped down into the lower tier, along with Bobby Jindal and Rick Santorum.

Eight candidates will participate on the main debate stage: Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich and Rand Paul from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. CT. The moderators will be Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo and Neil Cavuto and Wall Street Journal Editor-in-chief Gerard Baker.

The debates can be seen live on TV on the Fox Business Network as well as online at foxbusiness.com and wsj.com.