Fox News sends Bret Baier on the road for midterm Senate interviews
Fox News will send Bret Baier travelling across the country to interview Senate candidates from both parties ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, according to Variety reporting published 7 October.
The road trip is part of the channel's election operation led by Jay Wallace, president and executive editor of Fox News Media. Suzanne Scott is chief executive of Fox News Media.
Baier is a familiar face for election nights. He joined Fox News Channel in 1998 and now serves as chief political anchor and executive editor of Special Report. That programme airs weeknights at 6 p.m. ET on Fox News Channel, according to the network's listings.
He heads into the midterms with a busy bookings book. He conducted an on-camera interview with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in the days before the Variety report. He was also expected to interview Jeff Bezos on the evening of Wednesday, 7 October.
The wider plan touches much of the schedule. Fox News has given Peter Doocy and Jacqui Heinrich their own solo weekend hours. Heinrich was elevated to senior White House correspondent in 2024, according to a network announcement. The weekday schedule is capped by a news hour led by Trace Gallagher.
Breaking news can still reshape the night. Fox News sometimes pre-empts Greg Gutfeld's 10 p.m. show, meaning it replaces the scheduled comedy show with live news coverage.
Candidate interviews are already in motion. Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed did an in-studio interview with Martha MacCallum. Baier and MacCallum have fronted big political nights before, having been announced to moderate the first Republican presidential primary debate of the 2024 election, which took place on 23 August 2023.
Foreign coverage remains part of the mix. Trey Yingst serves as a Fox News foreign correspondent.
For viewers, this means more live candidate conversations in the weeks before polling day, rather than debate-stage soundbites alone.
The election push arrives as Fox News was touting its 30th anniversary. Rival MS NOW is part of Versant, a reminder that the cable news market itself has changed shape since the channel launched.
