The 2016 United States Senate election in Indiana was held on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Indiana, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Republican Senator Dan Coats, who has served in the Senate since 2011, and previously served from 1989 to 1999, had stated that he planned to run for re-election, but in March 2014 his Chief of Staff said that Coats "has decided not to decide whether to run again until after the [2014] midterm elections". On March 24, 2015, Coats announced that he would not run for re-election, citing that he would be of advanced age (just under 80 years old) by the end of the 2017-2023 term, should he complete it. The primaries were held on May 3, and were won by former U.S. Representative Baron Hill and incumbent U.S. Representative Todd Young. However, on July 11, 2016, Hill withdrew, and former U.S. Senator Evan Bayh entered the race to regain the seat he held from 1999 to 2011, and that his father, Birch Bayh, held from 1963 to 1981. The Indiana Democratic Party chose Bayh as Hill's replacement on July 22. Young defeated Bayh in the general election.
Video United States Senate election in Indiana, 2016
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Marlin Stutzman, U.S. Representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010
- Todd Young, U.S. Representative
Withdrawn
- Kevin Grant, financial consultant and candidate for IN-04 in 2014 (running for IN-04)
- Eric Holcomb, Senator Coats' Chief of Staff and former Chairman of the Indiana Republican Party (appointed and ran for Lieutenant Governor before replacing Mike Pence as the nominee for Governor)
Declined
- Greg Ballard, Former Mayor of Indianapolis
- Jim Banks, State Senator (running for IN-03)
- Brian Bosma, Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives
- Susan Brooks, U.S. Representative and former United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana (running for re-election)
- Larry Bucshon, U.S. Representative (running for re-election)
- Dan Coats, incumbent U.S. Senator
- Mitch Daniels, President of Purdue University and former Governor of Indiana
- Mike Delph, State Senator
- Richard Lugar, former U.S. Senator
- Jim Merritt, State Senator
- Luke Messer, U.S. Representative (running for re-election)
- Mike Pence, Governor of Indiana and former U.S. Representative (running for Vice President of the United States)
- Todd Rokita, U.S. Representative and former Secretary of State of Indiana (running for re-election)
- Jackie Walorski, U.S. Representative (running for re-election)
- Greg Zoeller, Indiana Attorney General (running for IN-09)
Endorsements
Polling
Results
Maps United States Senate election in Indiana, 2016
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- Baron Hill, former U.S. Representative (withdrew after winning primary)
Withdrawn
- John Dickerson, former nonprofit organization director
Declined
- André Carson, U.S. Representative (running for re-election)
- Brad Ellsworth, former U.S. Representative and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010
- Christina Hale, State Representative (running for Lieutenant Governor)
- John Gregg, former Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives and nominee for Governor in 2012 (running for Governor)
- Thomas McDermott, Jr., Mayor of Hammond
- Bart Peterson, former Mayor of Indianapolis
- Glenda Ritz, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction (running for re-election)
- Jonathan Weinzapfel, former Mayor of Evansville and nominee for Indiana's 8th congressional district in 1996
Endorsements
Results
Democratic State Central Committee selection
On July 11, 2016, CNN's Tom LoBianco announced that Bayh would enter the race to regain his old Senate seat and Hill would drop out and withdraw his name from the November ballot. Hill soon after released a statement formally dropping out of the race saying he did not "...want to stand in the way of Democrats winning Indiana and the U.S. Senate. That would not be fair to my party or my state. And, the stakes are far too high in this election not to put my country above my own political ambitions," without explicitly endorsing Bayh. The first candidate to declare was Bob Kern, a frequent candidate for Congress in various districts around the state. Bayh officially declared for the race July 13. The Indiana Democratic Party's State Central Committee chose Bayh as Hill's replacement, for the general election.
Candidates
- Evan Bayh, former U.S. Senator and Governor of Indiana
- Bob Kern, candidate for IN-7 in 2012, IN-2 in 2014, and IN-9 2016
General election
Candidates
- Evan Bayh (D), former U.S. Senator and Governor of Indiana
- Todd Young (R), U.S. Representative
- Lucy Brenton (L)
Debates
- Complete video of debate, October 18, 2016
Endorsements
Predictions
Polling
- -> Poll conducted for Todd Young for Senate
- § Poll conducted for Evan Bayh for Indiana
- ? Poll conducted for Senate Majority PAC, a Democratic-aligned Super PAC
- ? Poll conducted for Democratic gubernatorial candidate John R. Gregg
- ? Poll conducted for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Results
References
External links
- Official campaign websites
- Todd Young (R) for Senate
- Evan Bayh (D) for Senate
- Lucy Brenton (L) for Senate
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