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Fox Business host Stuart Varney gets ready to rumble at the Republican debate (without Trump)

"Varney& Co." host Stuart Varney at Fox Studios on Aug. 5, 2011, in New York.

Fox News proved the Republican presidential primary is more than former President Donald Trump, as nearly 13 million viewers tuned in for the first candidates debate on Aug. 23.

Will the audience come back for more? Trump, leading the pack for the GOP nomination while facing four criminal indictments won’t be on the stage again when the candidates meet Wednesday at 9 p.m. Eastern time at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. (Fox News and Fox Business Network will carry the event with a Spanish-language feed airing on Univision.)

There will be two first-timers at the moderator desk with Stuart Varney, who anchors the daily Fox Business Network program “Varney & Co.,” and Dana Perino, a co-host of Fox News shows “The Five” and “America’s Newsroom,” serving up questions. They will be joined by Ilia Calderón, the

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