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+Todd Young (R)
1,423,991 52.11%
Evan Bayh (D)
 1,158,947 42.41%
Lucy Brenton (L) 149,481
 5.47%
James L. Johnson, Jr. (w/in) 127

2,732,546
Registered voters 4,829,243.  Voters voting 2,807,676. 
Plurality: 265,044 votes (9.70 percentage points).
 IN Secretary of State


Notes:  The retirement of Sen. Dan Coats (R) created an open Senate seat.  U.S. Rep. Todd Young (R) defeated former Senator and Governor Evan Bayh (D) and Lucy Brenton (L), mother of ten children and a finance professional.

First came the May 3 primaries.  On the Republican side, U.S. Rep. Todd Young defeated U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman by an almost 2:1 margin (>).  Former U.S. Rep. Baron Hill won the Democratic primary unopposed. 

However, on July 11 Hill withdrew in favor of former Senator and Governor Evan Bayh, who was seen as a stronger candidate because of his long service as well as the fact that his committee started out with more than $9 million from his previous campaign days.  Bayh's stunning and surprising maneuver gave Democrats hope of picking up the seat and even reclaiming the Senate. 

Young, Bayh and Brenton engaged in one debate, at WFYI public television studios in Indianapolis, sponsored by the Indiana Debate Commission, on Oct. 18 (>).

Republicans and outside groups successfully painted Bayh as an Washington insider who had lost touch with Indiana.  The Center for Responsive Politics reported Indiana was the seventh most expensive Senate race of the cycle (>), totaling $81.0 million ($29.2 million by the campaigns and $51.8 million by outside groups.  Topping the outside spenders, the DSCC and the Senate Leadership Fund (Republican) each spent about $12.7 million each on the race (>). According to the FEC for 2015-16 the Young campaign reported disbursements of $11.7 million compared to $13.6 million for the Bayh campaign (>). 

Young kept the seat in Republican hands, defeating Bayh and business consultant Lucy Brenton (L).  Bayh did fare considerably better than the Democratic presidential ticket, losing by 265,044 votes compared to 524,160 for Clinton/Kaine, but still lost by close to ten percentage points.


 Campaign Managers:
Todd Young:  Trevor Foughty
(July 2015)  Campaign advisor to Todd Young for Congress, Jan. 2012-July 2015.  Deputy chief of staff/communications director to U.S. Rep. Young, Jan. 2011-July 2015.  Communications director for the Indiana Republican Party, June 2009-Dec. 2010.  Assistant communications director at the Indiana Department of Education, Jan.-June 2009.  Campaign manager on Bennett for State Superintendent, June-Dec. 2008.  Campaign manager on McGoff for Congress (IN-5), Feb. 2007-May 2008.  Regional field director 2nd CD for the Indiana Democratic Party, 2006.  Political director for the St. Joseph County Republican Party, 2005-06.  B.A. in English language and literature from Bethel College, 2005.
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Evan Bayh:  Paul Tencher
Senior vice president, national director of public affairs and deputy director of the Washington office of MWW Public Relations, Feb. 2015-Jan. 2017.  Campaign manager on Peters for Michigan (U.S. Senate) April-Nov. 2014.  Campaigns director for the DSCC, Mar. 2013-April 2014.  Campaign manager on Joe Donelly's campaign for U.S. Senate, July 2011-Nov. 2012.  Coordinated campaign manager for the Vermont Democratic Party, Sept.-Nov. 2010.  Campaign manager on Deb Markowitz for Governor (Vermont), Oct. 2009-Aug. 2010.  Communications director to U.S. Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (OH), Jan.-Oct. 2009.  Director of communications and research on Judy Baker for Congress (Missouri), Aug.-Nov. 2008.  Chief of staff to Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts, Jan. 2007-May 2008.  Rhode Island political outreach on Hillary Clinton for President, 2008.  Campaign manager on Roberts for Lt. Governor, Jan.-Dec. 2006.  Press secretary to Rhode Island Secretary of State Matt Brown, 2004-06.  Account executive at Vision Strategies, Jan.-Sept. 2004.  Campaign manager for Camden County Democrats, 2003.  Deputy press secretary on Anne Sumers for Congress, 2002.  Bachelor's degree in communication from Seton Hall University, 2002.  Rhode Island native.



See also:
Seung Min Kim.  "The collapse of Evan Bayh."  Politico, Oct. 23, 2016. .






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