NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Nearly 7.6 million people tuned in for Saturday's Republican presidential debate in Iowa, ABC said Monday.
The network called the program the most-watched debate of the 2012 campaign season thus far.
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Republican Presidential candidates, left to right, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann pause for a photo prior to the start of the ABC News GOP Debate at Sheslow Hall on the campus of Drake University, Saturday December 10, 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa. The Iowa Caucus for the Republican presidential nomination is less than a month away on January 3, 2012. UPI/Steve Pope | License Photo
The debate was moderated by Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos.
Participating in the event were presidential hopefuls Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum.
