Evan Bayh

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Evan Bayh

| image = SenatorBayh.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2004

| jr/sr1 = United States Senator

| state1 = Indiana

| term_start1 = January 3, 1999

| term_end1 = January 3, 2011

| predecessor1 = Dan Coats

| successor1 = Dan Coats

| order2 = 46th Governor of Indiana

| lieutenant2 = Frank O'Bannon

| term_start2 = January 9, 1989

| term_end2 = January 13, 1997

| predecessor2 = Robert Orr

| successor2 = Frank O'Bannon

| office3 = 56th Secretary of State of Indiana

| governor3 = Robert Orr

| term_start3 = December 1, 1986

| term_end3 = January 9, 1989

| predecessor3 = Edwin Simcox

| successor3 = Joe Hogsett

| birth_name = Birch Evans Bayh III

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|12|26}}

| birth_place = Shirkieville, Indiana, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Democratic

| spouse = {{marriage|Susan Bayh|1985|2021|end=died}}

| children = 2

| parents = Birch Bayh (father)
Marvella Bayh (mother)

| education = {{nowrap|Indiana University, Bloomington}} (BS)
University of Virginia (JD)

| signature = Evan Bayh Signature.svg

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Birch Evans "Evan" Bayh III ({{IPAc-en|b|aɪ}} {{Respell|BY}};{{cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/standards-guidelines/abcd/#b|title=Say How: B|publisher=National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404215050/http://www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/standards-guidelines/abcd/#b|url-status=live}} born December 26, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 46th governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997 and as a United States senator representing Indiana from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he served on the President's Intelligence Advisory Board under President Joe Biden.

Bayh is the son of Senator Birch Bayh and the grandson of basketball coach Birch Bayh.{{cite web|url=https://www2.indstate.edu/news/news.php?newsid=1991|title=Newsroom - Indiana State University|website=www2.indstate.edu|access-date=May 3, 2019|archive-date=September 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916192736/https://www2.indstate.edu/news/news.php?newsid=1991|url-status=live}} He was first elected to public office as the Secretary of State of Indiana in 1986. He held the position for two years before being elected Governor. He left his office after completing two terms and briefly took a job lecturing at Indiana University Bloomington. He was elected to Congress as a Senator in 1998 and reelected in 2004.

On February 15, 2010, Bayh unexpectedly announced he would not seek reelection to the Senate in 2010. After leaving the Senate, he was replaced by his predecessor, Dan Coats, and became a partner with the law and consulting firm McGuireWoods in the firm's Washington, D.C. office,{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/01/31/31greenwire-k-street-snares-another-former-senator-28214.html | work=The New York Times | first=Anne C. | last=Mulkern | title=K Street Snares Another Former Senator | date=January 31, 2011 | access-date=February 7, 2017 | archive-date=September 7, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907034345/http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/01/31/31greenwire-k-street-snares-another-former-senator-28214.html | url-status=live }} and also became a senior adviser with Apollo Global Management. He was a part-time contributor for Fox News from March 2011 to July 2016.{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/onmedia/0311/Evan_Bayh_joins_Fox_News.html|title=Evan Bayh joins Fox News|newspaper=Politico|access-date=2011-03-14|archive-date=March 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316151103/http://www.politico.com/blogs/onmedia/0311/Evan_Bayh_joins_Fox_News.html|url-status=live}} In June 2011 he became a messaging adviser for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.{{cite web |last=Clarke |first=Richard A. |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56418.html |title=Bayh, Card team up for U.S. Chamber |work=Politico |date=2011-06-07 |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-date=June 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601084427/http://www.politico.com//news/stories/0611/56418.html |url-status=live }} On October 27, 2011, it was announced that Berry Plastics Corp. had appointed Bayh to its board of directors.{{cite web|url=http://www.berryplastics.com/catalog/content/corporate/news/news%20articles/berry%20plastics%20group%20appoints%20evan%20bayh%20to%20board%20of%20directors|title=Berry Plastics Group, Inc. Appoints B. Evan Bayh to Company's Board of Directors|publisher=Berry Plastics Corp.|access-date=2012-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622225446/http://www.berryplastics.com/catalog/content/corporate/news/news%20articles/berry%20plastics%20group%20appoints%20evan%20bayh%20to%20board%20of%20directors|archive-date=2012-06-22}}

Following the withdrawal of 2016 Democratic primary winner Baron Hill, Bayh announced that he would be running to take back his old Senate seat from retiring Republican incumbent Dan Coats.{{cite web |url=http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/13/bayh-makes-senate-bid-official/87026058/ |title=Evan Bayh on running for Senate, Indiana residency |website=Indystar.com |date=2016-07-13 |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-date=July 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714081002/http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/13/bayh-makes-senate-bid-official/87026058/ |url-status=live }} He was defeated by Todd Young in the general election by a 10-point margin (52% to 42%).Associated Press, [http://www.wndu.com/content/news/Evan-Bayh-and-Todd-Young-face-off-in-hotly-contested-Senate-race-400456661.html Todd Young wins Indiana U.S. Senate seat, defeating Evan Bayh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615052816/http://www.wndu.com/content/news/Evan-Bayh-and-Todd-Young-face-off-in-hotly-contested-Senate-race-400456661.html |date=June 15, 2017 }}, WNDU-TV, November 8, 2016. On June 15, 2022, President Joe Biden named Bayh to serve as a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.

Personal life

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Birch Evans Bayh III{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/obituaries/birch-bayh-dead.html |title=Birch Bayh, 91, Dies; Senator Drove Title IX and 2 Amendments |last=Clymer |first=Adam |date=March 14, 2019 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-date=March 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190315061009/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/obituaries/birch-bayh-dead.html |url-status=live }} was born on December 26, 1955, in Shirkieville, Indiana,{{cite web |title=Evan Bayh |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/wbna15352528 |website=NBC |date=October 20, 2006 |access-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202151750/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/wbna15352528 |url-status=live }} to Marvella Bayh (née Hern; 1933–1979) and Birch E. Bayh Jr. (1928–2019), who was a U.S. Senator from 1963 until 1981, following his electoral defeat by then-Representative and future Vice President Dan Quayle.

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Evan Bayh attended St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., and graduated with honors with a B.S. in business administration from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University Bloomington in 1978. At Indiana, he became a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity's Indiana Beta chapter.

File:Bill Clinton and Evan Bayh.jpg Bill Clinton in 1993]]

Bayh received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1981, and in 1982, he was a law clerk for U.S. District Judge James Ellsworth Noland.{{cite web|url=https://www.insd.uscourts.gov/sites/insd/files/James%20Ellsworth%20Noland.pdf|title=James Ellswort Noland|website=uscourts.gov|access-date=19 May 2023|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404202423/https://www.insd.uscourts.gov/sites/insd/files/James%20Ellsworth%20Noland.pdf|url-status=live}}

Bayh met his future wife Susan Bayh, a former Miss Southern California, on a blind date in Washington D.C. in 1981, where Evan interned for a Washington law firm, and Susan interned for a California congressman.{{Cite news|url=https://www.indystar.com/|title=Susan Bayh, former Indiana first lady, undergoes surgery for malignant brain cancer|date=2008-05-22|newspaper=Indianapolis Star|access-date=2025-03-06|language=en}}

They married in 1985, and, in 1995, Susan gave birth to their twin sons, Birch Evans IV (Beau) and Nicholas.{{cite web|url=http://bayh.senate.gov/about/biography/|title=Evan Bayh Biography|publisher=United States Senate|access-date=2009-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091102132141/http://bayh.senate.gov/about/biography/|archive-date=2009-11-02}} Susan Bayh was an attorney, having graduated from the University of Southern California's Gould School of Law in 1984,{{Cite web|url=https://gould.usc.edu/news/in-memoriam-susan-bayh-jd-84/|title=In Memoriam: Susan Bayh, JD '84 |website=USC Gould School of Law |access-date=2025-03-06}} and worked for Indiana-based pharmaceutical Eli Lilly.{{Cite news|url=https://wsbt.com/news/regional/former-indiana-first-lady-susan-bayh-dies-at-61-from-cancer |title=Former Indiana first lady Susan Bayh dies at 61 from cancer|date=2021-02-06|agency=Associated Press |work=WSTB |access-date=2025-03-06|language=en}} She also taught at Butler University's College of Business Administration, and served on the boards of directors for a number of publicly traded and private companies, including health insurance company Anthem.{{cite web |url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/susan-b-bayh-j-d-/24631 |title=Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned |website=Forbes |date= |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209213900/http://people.forbes.com/profile/susan-b-bayh-j-d-/24631 |archive-date=2012-02-09 }} She battled brain cancer and died from glioblastoma on February 5, 2021.{{cite news |url=https://fox59.com/news/former-indiana-first-lady-susan-bayh-dies-at-61-from-cancer/ |title=Former Indiana first lady Susan Bayh dies at 61 from cancer |date=6 February 2021 |access-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-date=February 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207063719/https://fox59.com/news/former-indiana-first-lady-susan-bayh-dies-at-61-from-cancer/ |url-status=live }}

Bayh is an Episcopalian.{{cite web|url=https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2008/12/appendix.pdf|title=Faith on the Hill: 2008|publisher=Pew Research Center}}

Indiana state politics

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After a debate over whether he met the state's five-year residency requirement to be on the ballot, Bayh defeated former Kokomo Mayor Steve Daily in the Democratic primary of the 1988 Indiana gubernatorial election. He went on to defeat the incumbent lieutenant governor (Republican John Mutz) in the general election, becoming the first Democrat to serve as Governor of Indiana in 20 years. Only 32 years old upon his election and 33 when he took office, Bayh became the youngest governor in the nation at the time.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wthr.com/article/exclusive-family-finds-strength-and-hope-after-susan-bayhs-cancer-diagnosis|title=EXCLUSIVE: Family finds strength and hope after Susan Bayh's cancer diagnosis|date=2018-08-28|work=13 WTHR Indianapolis|access-date=2018-09-16|language=en|archive-date=September 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917034148/https://www.wthr.com/article/exclusive-family-finds-strength-and-hope-after-susan-bayhs-cancer-diagnosis|url-status=live}} He was re-elected as governor in 1992, defeating State Attorney General Linley E. Pearson with 63% of the vote.{{cite news|title=The 1992 Elections: State by State|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/11/05/the-1992-elections-state-by-state/07387c96-11fa-4bd7-87f4-719045a7cec5|access-date=8 August 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 5, 1992|archive-date=August 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827021047/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/11/05/the-1992-elections-state-by-state/07387c96-11fa-4bd7-87f4-719045a7cec5/|url-status=live}}

By the end of his second term, Bayh had an approval rating of nearly 80 percent.{{cite news|title=Evan Bayh |url=http://www.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/b/bayh_evan/bayh.html |access-date=8 August 2016 |newspaper=The Indianapolis Star |date=February 7, 2001 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010620004833/http://www.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/b/bayh_evan/bayh.html |archive-date=20 June 2001 }} He was ineligible to seek a third consecutive term in 1996 due to term limits.{{cite web |author=Robyn Meredith |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/07/us/political-briefs-indiana-as-governor-retires-3-republicans-joust.html |url-access=registration |title=Political Briefs: Indiana;As Governor Retires, 3 Republicans Joust |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1996-05-07 |access-date=2019-05-03 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921074448/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/07/us/political-briefs-indiana-as-governor-retires-3-republicans-joust.html |url-status=live }}

When his second term as governor ended in 1997, he accepted a lecturing position at his alma mater, the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University Bloomington. From 1997 to 1998, while he was campaigning for U.S. Senate, Bayh was also hired as a partner at Indianapolis law firm Baker & Daniels. In 1998, his Baker & Daniels salary was $265,000, according to Senate financial records. Indiana University paid him an additional $51,000 that year."[http://pfds.opensecrets.org/S8IN00049_98.pdf 1998 Financial Disclosure] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124060811/http://pfds.opensecrets.org/S8IN00049_98.pdf |date=January 24, 2016 }}." Open Secrets, 1999. Retrieved December 12, 2008.

United States Senate

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Bayh was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1998 to the seat that was once held by his father. He won with 64% of the vote, the largest margin ever recorded for a Democrat in a U.S. Senate race in Indiana, defeating former Fort Wayne Mayor Paul Helmke.

He easily won reelection in 2004, defeating Prof. Marvin Scott, receiving 62% of the vote—in the process, becoming only the fifth Indiana Democrat to be popularly elected to a second term in the Senate.

Bayh released an autobiography in 2003 entitled From Father to Son: A Private Life in the Public Eye.{{Cite web |date=2006-06-15 |title=Father's Day for the Senate's 'Legacy Caucus' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna13350751 |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=NBC News |language=en}}

From 2001 to 2005, Bayh served as Chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC). He is also a member of the Senate Centrist Coalition, helped establish the New Democrat Coalition, and founded the Moderate Dems Working Group.{{cite web |url=http://bayh.senate.gov/news/press/release/?id=b30d7f79-9eb1-4819-980f-9489825825ba |title=Senator Evan Bayh — Senator for Indiana: News - Press Release |access-date=2009-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322153736/http://bayh.senate.gov/news/press/release/?id=B30D7F79-9EB1-4819-980F-9489825825BA |archive-date=2009-03-22 }} Bayh also served on the board of directors of the National Endowment for Democracy.{{cite web |url=http://www.thirdway.org/leadership/senate_chairs/evan_bayh |title=Third Way: Evan Bayh, United States Senator, Indiana |access-date=2017-07-14 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509065653/http://www.thirdway.org/leadership/senate_chairs/evan_bayh |archive-date=2008-05-09 }}

Bayh was an early supporter of the Bush administration's policies on Iraq.{{cite news|author=Bayh, Evan|date=August 18, 2002|work=Chicago Tribune|page=9|title=Making the case to remove Hussein from power; Silence can pose even greater risk|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/151965541.html?dids=151965541:151965541&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|format=paid archive|access-date=2008-07-25|archive-date=October 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015040851/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/151965541.html?dids=151965541:151965541&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT}}{{cite news|author=Firestone, David|date=October 1, 2002|work=The New York Times|page=19|title=Democrats seek compromise with White House on Iraq|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E0DA1238F932A35753C1A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|access-date=2008-07-25|archive-date=November 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109234712/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/01/us/threats-responses-politics-democrats-seek-compromise-with-white-house-iraq.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author=Groppe, Maureen|date=October 1, 2002|work=The Indianapolis Star|page=A01|title=Iraq puts senators in surprising roles; Bayh backs Bush, while Lugar openly questions strategy|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_site=indystar&f_site=indystar&f_sitename=Indianapolis+Star%2FNews%2C+The+%28IN%29&p_theme=gannett&p_product=IN&p_action=search&p_perpage=10&p_maxdocs=200&p_queryname=700&s_search_type=customized&p_text_base-0=Iraq+puts+senators+in+surprising+roles&p_field_base-0=title&p_bool_base-1=AND&p_text_base-1=&p_field_base-1=&p_bool_base-2=AND&p_text_base-2=&p_field_base-2=&p_sort=_rank_%3AD&p_text_YMD_date-0=&p_field_YMD_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_YMD_date-0=date%3AB%2CE&Search=Search|format=paid archive|access-date=2008-07-25|archive-date=August 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809033044/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_site=indystar&f_site=indystar&f_sitename=Indianapolis+Star%2FNews%2C+The+%28IN%29&p_theme=gannett&p_product=IN&p_action=search&p_perpage=10&p_maxdocs=200&p_queryname=700&s_search_type=customized&p_text_base-0=Iraq+puts+senators+in+surprising+roles&p_field_base-0=title&p_bool_base-1=AND&p_text_base-1=&p_field_base-1=&p_bool_base-2=AND&p_text_base-2=&p_field_base-2=&p_sort=_rank_%3AD&p_text_YMD_date-0=&p_field_YMD_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_YMD_date-0=date%3AB%2CE&Search=Search|url-status=live}} On October 2, 2002, Bayh joined President George W. Bush and Congressional leaders in a Rose Garden ceremony announcing their agreement on the joint resolution authorizing the Iraq War, and was thanked by Bush and Senator John McCain for co-sponsoring the resolution.{{cite web |author=Office of the Press Secretary |date=October 2, 2002 |title=President, House Leadership Agree on Iraq Resolution |publisher=The White House |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021002-7.html |access-date=2008-07-25 |author-link=White House Press Secretary |archive-date=September 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913164023/http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021002-7.html |url-status=live }} {{cite news |author=Schneider, Mary Beth |date=October 3, 2002 |work=The Indianapolis Star |page=A01 |title=Bayh co-sponsors resolution on Iraq |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_site=indystar&f_site=indystar&f_sitename=Indianapolis+Star%2FNews%2C+The+%28IN%29&p_theme=gannett&p_product=IN&p_action=search&p_perpage=10&p_maxdocs=200&p_queryname=700&s_search_type=customized&p_text_base-0=Bayh+co-sponsors+resolution+on+Iraq&p_field_base-0=&p_bool_base-1=AND&p_text_base-1=&p_field_base-1=&p_bool_base-2=AND&p_text_base-2=&p_field_base-2=&p_sort=_rank_%3AD&p_text_YMD_date-0=&p_field_YMD_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_YMD_date-0=date%3AB%2CE&Search=Search |format=paid archive |access-date=2008-07-25 |archive-date=August 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809033052/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_site=indystar&f_site=indystar&f_sitename=Indianapolis+Star%2FNews%2C+The+%28IN%29&p_theme=gannett&p_product=IN&p_action=search&p_perpage=10&p_maxdocs=200&p_queryname=700&s_search_type=customized&p_text_base-0=Bayh+co-sponsors+resolution+on+Iraq&p_field_base-0=&p_bool_base-1=AND&p_text_base-1=&p_field_base-1=&p_bool_base-2=AND&p_text_base-2=&p_field_base-2=&p_sort=_rank_%3AD&p_text_YMD_date-0=&p_field_YMD_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_YMD_date-0=date%3AB%2CE&Search=Search |url-status=live }} {{cite news |author=Tackett, Michael |date=October 3, 2002 |work=Chicago Tribune |page=1 |title=Bush, House OK Iraq deal; Congress marches with Bush |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/203569641.html?dids=203569641:203569641&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |format=paid archive |access-date=2008-07-25 |archive-date=July 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726235124/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/203569641.html?dids=203569641:203569641&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT }} He voted yes on reauthorizing the Patriot Act in 2006.

File:President Barack Obama talks with Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) aboard Air Force One during the flight to Wakarusa, Ind. for a speech at Monaco RV manufacturing, on Aug. 5, 2009.jpg on Air Force One in 2009]]

After the 2008 financial crisis, Bayh joined with his fellow senators in hurrying to bail out U.S. financial institutions. Addressing the launch of the No Labels political organization, he "described a scene from 2008 where Ben Bernanke warned senators that the sky would collapse if the banks weren't rescued. 'We looked at each other,' said Bayh, 'and said, okay, what do we need.'"Weigel, David (2010-12-13) [http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2010/12/13/why-glenn-beck-is-like-evan-bayh.aspx Why Glenn Beck is Like Evan Bayh], Slate.com; accessed July 13, 2017.

=Retirement=

On February 15, 2010, Bayh announced he would not seek reelection to a third Senate term in the November 2, 2010, midterm election. Bayh's announcement came very shortly after former Senator Dan Coats declared his own candidacy for Bayh's Senate seat.{{cite web |url=http://bayh.senate.gov/news/press/release/?id=2BB190DE-ED11-4920-A3BB-FEA51FCDE0DC |title=Senator Evan Bayh — Senator for Indiana: News - Press Release |access-date=2010-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221055226/http://bayh.senate.gov/news/press/release/?id=2BB190DE-ED11-4920-A3BB-FEA51FCDE0DC |archive-date=2010-02-21 }} Because he made his announcement the day before the deadline for filing for the primary, no Democrat was able to gather a sufficient number of signatures to qualify for the primary ballot, so the state party committee chose Congressman Brad Ellsworth as the nominee.{{Cite news| last = Cillizza| first = Chris| author-link = Chris Cillizza| title = Evan Bayh won't seek re-election, Senate majority in play?| newspaper = The Washington Post| date = February 15, 2010| url = http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/evan-bayh-to-retire.html| access-date = 2010-02-15| archive-date = March 25, 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100325082246/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/evan-bayh-to-retire.html}}{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32990.html |title=Challenger adds to post-Bayh chaos |work=Politico |last=Martin |first=Jonathan |date=February 15, 2010 |access-date=February 15, 2010 |archive-date=February 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218105038/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32990.html |url-status=live }}

According to the Associated Press, Bayh spent a significant portion of his last year in office searching for a job, holding over four dozen meetings with potential corporate employers between February and December 2010. He also cast votes on issues of interest to his future corporate employers.{{cite web |url=http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/08/ap-job-hunt-substantial-part-evan-bayhs-last-year/91782788/ |title=AP: Job hunt substantial part of Evan Bayh's last year |website=Indystar.com |date=2016-10-08 |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-date=September 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929105602/https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/08/ap-job-hunt-substantial-part-evan-bayhs-last-year/91782788/ |url-status=live }} A CNN analysis of Bayh's internal 2009 schedule found that he "maneuvered behind the scenes" and "privately engaged with fundraisers, lobbyists and donors who had a keen interest on the issues dominating Capitol Hill," raising potential conflict-of-interest concerns. His meetings included sessions with lobbyists for the health insurance industry prior to his announcement that he would support the Affordable Care Act.{{cite news|last1=Raju|first1=Manu|title=Evan Bayh's private schedule details ties with donors, lobbyists|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/31/politics/evan-bayh-indiana-senate/|access-date=November 2, 2016|publisher=CNN|date=November 1, 2016|archive-date=November 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101114620/http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/31/politics/evan-bayh-indiana-senate/|url-status=live}}

=Committee assignments=

=Relationship between office and late wife's corporate career=

Susan Bayh, Evan Bayh's late wife, has been described by the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette as a "professional board member" or "professional director", having been a director of fourteen corporations since 1994 and being a director of eight as of 2006.

The Journal Gazette reported that since Susan Bayh began her career as a corporate director, "Sen. Evan Bayh [has] cast more than 3,000 votes, including some on issues of keen interest to the pharmaceutical, broadcast, insurance, food-distribution and finance industries".{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Sylvia|title=Across the boards|newspaper=Fort Wayne Journal Gazette|date=December 16, 2007|url=http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071216/LOCAL1004/712160424|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625081716/http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071216%2FLOCAL1004%2F712160424|archive-date=June 25, 2008|access-date=2008-07-21}}

Since 2003, Bayh prohibited his staff from having lobbying contacts with his late wife or representatives of the companies she directs. Bayh has insisted his late wife's ties have had no bearing on his congressional actions. "The reality is I don't even know the people who run the vast majority of her companies. I've never even spoken to them," Bayh told the Journal Gazette. "The reality is, we don't talk about stuff that she's involved with."

2008 U.S. presidential election

{{Further|Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign|2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection}}

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On December 1, 2006, news sources revealed that Bayh was creating a presidential exploratory committee.[http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=politics&id=4815828 6abc.com: Bayh Signals White House Run] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070507101121/http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=politics&id=4815828 |date=2007-05-07 }}, Abclocal.go.com, December 1, 2016; accessed July 13, 2017. Bayh confirmed these reports on December 3.{{cite web|url=http://www.allamericapac.com/files/20061203_eb_abcthisweek.asx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061220162034/http://www.allamericapac.com/files/20061203_eb_abcthisweek.asx |archive-date=2006-12-20 |title=Info }} On December 15, 2006, Bayh announced that he would not run for president in 2008. He later endorsed Hillary Clinton.{{cite web |last=Clarke |first=Richard A. |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/5978.html |title=Indiana Sen. Bayh to endorse Clinton |work=Politico |date=2007-09-23 |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511200800/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/5978.html |url-status=live }}

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During the 2008 United States Presidential campaign, Bayh stated that he would accept an offer to be Barack Obama's running mate.{{cite news|first=Domenico|last=Montanaro|title=Bayh: 'Yes' to VP|url=http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/25/1167591.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628103429/http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/25/1167591.aspx|archive-date=June 28, 2008|publisher=MSNBC|date=June 25, 2008|access-date=July 13, 2017}} According to David Plouffe, it was a "coin toss" between Bayh and Joe Biden for Obama's pick for vice president, with Tim Kaine being a contender before deciding to focus on the DNC chairmanship.{{cite web|url=http://archive.indystar.com/article/20091101/NEWS05/911010340/Bayh-about-coin-toss-away-from-being-veep-book-says|title=Bayh was about a 'coin toss' away from being veep, book says|newspaper=Indianapolis Star|date=November 1, 2009|access-date=October 10, 2014|archive-date=October 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016193952/http://archive.indystar.com/article/20091101/NEWS05/911010340/Bayh-about-coin-toss-away-from-being-veep-book-says}} However, in his 2020 memoir A Promised Land Barack Obama does not mention that Bayh was considered a possible running mate, and indicated that when making the final decision as to who would be the second name on the ticket it was a straight choice between Biden and Kaine.{{cite book |last1=Obama |first1=Barack |title=A Promised Land |date=2020 |publisher=Viking |location=Great Britain |isbn=978-0-241-49151-5 |pages=162–164}}

Post-Senate career

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After his retirement from the U.S. Senate, Bayh campaigned for Senator Joe Donnelly's two-day, five-city "main street tour," among other visits, and introduced Donnelly before his victory speech in Indiana's 2012 U.S. Senate election.{{cite web|url=http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/aug/20/evan-bayh-will-join-joe-donnelly-for-us-senate|title=Evan Bayh will join Joe Donnelly for U.S. Senate campaign trip|newspaper=Evansville Courier & Press|date=August 20, 2012|access-date=January 22, 2013|archive-date=November 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104074212/http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/aug/20/evan-bayh-will-join-joe-donnelly-for-us-senate/?|url-status=live}}{{cite web | url =http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/local/joe-donnelly-and-evan-bayh-to-visit-fort-wayne-on-monday | title =Joe Donnelly and Evan Bayh to visit Fort Wayne on Monday | publisher =wane.com | date =November 5, 2012 | access-date =January 22, 2013 | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130217005600/http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/local/joe-donnelly-and-evan-bayh-to-visit-fort-wayne-on-monday | archive-date =February 17, 2013 | df =mdy-all }}{{cite web | url =http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/NBC-Donnelly-projected-as-US-Senate-winner-for-Indiana-177577741.html | title =Donnelly defeats Mourdock for Indiana's U.S. Senate Seat | publisher =WNDU | date =November 6, 2012 | access-date =January 22, 2013 | archive-date =November 13, 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121113121936/http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/NBC-Donnelly-projected-as-US-Senate-winner-for-Indiana-177577741.html | url-status =live | last1 =Carlo | first1 =Angelo Di }}

As of the end of 2015, Bayh had just over $9 million in unspent campaign cash.{{cite web |url=http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/05/22/14790/nearly-100-million-campaign-cash-sits-idle |title=Nearly $100 million in campaign cash sits idle |publisher=Center for Public Integrity |author=Dave Levinthal |date=May 21, 2014 |access-date=May 22, 2014 |archive-date=May 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524022444/http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/05/22/14790/nearly-100-million-campaign-cash-sits-idle |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/993/201510140200255993/201510140200255993.pdf |title=Evan Bayh October 2015 Quarterly Report |publisher=Federal Election Commission |date=October 15, 2015 |access-date=December 31, 2015 |archive-date=January 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124060811/http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/993/201510140200255993/201510140200255993.pdf |url-status=live }}

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Bayh's net worth soared to between $13.9 million and $48 million after he left office and began a post-Congress career with lobbying firms and corporate boards. This was a significant increase over the $6.8-$8.0 million in assets he reported during his last year in Congress.{{cite web |url=http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/10/earnings-report-shows-evan-bayh-raked-millions-after-leaving-politics/91845270/ |title=Earnings report shows Evan Bayh raked in millions after leaving politics |website=Indystar.com |date=2016-10-10 |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-date=May 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509081208/https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/10/earnings-report-shows-evan-bayh-raked-millions-after-leaving-politics/91845270/ |url-status=live }} Bayh received over $6 million in compensation from salary, compensation from corporate boards, and speaking fees from January 2015 through October 2016.[http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/even-bayh-net-worth-229505 Bayh net worth soared since leaving Senate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011133413/http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/even-bayh-net-worth-229505 |date=October 11, 2016 }}, Politico.com; accessed July 13, 2017.

2016 U.S. Senate campaign

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On July 11, 2016, CNN reported that Bayh was preparing to enter the 2016 U.S. Senate election in Indiana to run for the seat being vacated by Dan Coats, who was retiring. Baron Hill, who won an uncontested primary to become the Democratic nominee on May 3, formally withdrew from the race on the same day to make way for Bayh's candidacy.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/11/politics/evan-bayh-senate-run/index.html|title=First on CNN: Evan Bayh mounting Senate return|author=Tom LoBianco|work=CNN|date=July 11, 2016|access-date=July 11, 2016|archive-date=July 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711143043/http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/11/politics/evan-bayh-senate-run/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Amber|title=Thanks to Evan Bayh, Democrats could have another opportunity to try to take back the Senate|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/11/thanks-to-evan-bayh-democrats-just-got-another-opportunity-to-try-to-take-back-the-senate|access-date=August 8, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 11, 2016|archive-date=August 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812182620/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/11/thanks-to-evan-bayh-democrats-just-got-another-opportunity-to-try-to-take-back-the-senate/|url-status=live}}

Bayh ran into criticism in August 2016 over his residency status in Indiana. WFLI-TV reported that he was listed twice as an "inactive voter" in Indiana records.[http://wishtv.com/2016/08/20/bayh-addresses-indiana-voting-status-controversy "Bayh addresses Indiana voting status controversy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927033409/http://wishtv.com/2016/08/20/bayh-addresses-indiana-voting-status-controversy/ |date=September 27, 2016 }}, WISHtv.com, August 20, 2016; accessed July 13, 2017. CNN reported that Bayh repeatedly listed his two multimillion-dollar houses in Washington, D.C., as his primary residences, not his $53,000 condo in Indianapolis.{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/15/politics/evan-bayh-indiana-residence/ |title=Records contradict Bayh's assertion over staying in Indiana |website=Cnn.com |date=2016-08-21 |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-date=November 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109234718/https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/15/politics/evan-bayh-indiana-residence/ |url-status=live }} When asked by a local television reporter to state his Indiana address, he stated the wrong address.[http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/evan-bayh-indiana-senate-227340 Bayh screws up Indiana address during local interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915200001/http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/evan-bayh-indiana-senate-227340 |date=September 15, 2016 }}, Politico.com; accessed July 13, 2017.[http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/evan-bayh-gets-his-own-address-wrong/article/2600021 Evan Bayh gets his own address wrong] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827020519/http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/evan-bayh-gets-his-own-address-wrong/article/2600021 |date=August 27, 2016 }} (Washington Examiner) In response, Bayh stated that he "voted in every primary and every general election for the last 25 to 30 years" and is "an active voter in Indiana," and when asked how often he is in Indiana, he stated, "all the time, frequently."

Bayh was defeated by Republican Representative Todd Young 52%-42% in the November election.{{cite news|title=Indiana U.S. Senate Results: Todd Young Wins|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/indiana-senate-bayh-young|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=November 14, 2016|archive-date=November 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112210851/http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/indiana-senate-bayh-young|url-status=live}} This was Bayh's first ever defeat in his home state, where he was once considered "unbeatable".{{cite news |last1=Hayden |first1=Maureen |title=Once 'unbeatable,' Evan Bayh faces changing times |url=https://indianaeconomicdigest.com/Content/Most-Recent/Most-Recent/Article/Once-unbeatable-Evan-Bayh-faces-changing-times/31/135/85535 |access-date=10 August 2020 |publisher=Indiana Economic Digest |date=October 8, 2016 |archive-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810221922/https://indianaeconomicdigest.com/Content/Most-Recent/Most-Recent/Article/Once-unbeatable-Evan-Bayh-faces-changing-times/31/135/85535 |url-status=live }}

Political positions

=Abortion=

Evan Bayh has a 100% rating by NARAL.{{cite web |url=http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/choice-action-center/us-gov/congressional-record-on-choice/evanbayh.html |title=Evan Bayh |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209040520/http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/choice-action-center/us-gov/congressional-record-on-choice/evanbayh.html |archive-date=2010-02-09 }} He voted in favor of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in 2003. He voted against the Unborn Victims of Violence Act in 2004. He voted in favor of the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act in 2006.[https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/22418/evan-bayh/2/abortion#.V9oPwBBriiM Evan Bayh's Voting Records on Issue: Abortion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109234722/https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/22418/evan-bayh/2/abortion#.V9oPwBBriiM |date=November 9, 2023 }}, VoteSmart.org; accessed July 13, 2017. He voted against an amendment to prohibit federal funds from going to groups that support coerced abortion. He repeatedly voted against amendments to prohibit federal funds from being used for abortions.

=Agriculture=

Bayh voted for the 2002 Farm Bill that provided financial support accessible to rural communities. The bill provides funds for rural water and waste infrastructure. The Farm Bill also provides technology for rural residents' technical skills.[http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/farmbill/default.asp USDA 2002 Farm Bill Information Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060520105917/http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/farmbill/default.asp |date=2006-05-20 }}, Fsa.usda.gov; accessed July 13, 2017.

=Capital punishment=

As Governor of Indiana, Bayh was a vocal supporter of capital punishment.[http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/07/23/meet-the-democratic-vp-prospect-evan-bayh/tab/article/]{{dead link|date=July 2017}}

=Civil rights=

Bayh has a mixed but left-leaning record on civil rights, having earned a 60% by the ACLU (2002), and 89% by the HRC (2006), and a 100% by the NAACP (2006). Some of his votes include a 1998 vote where Bayh voted to continue nonquota affirmative action programs. He voted to add sexual orientation under hate crime rules in both 2000 and 2002. In 2001, he voted yes to ease wiretapping restrictions. In 2006, he voted yes on a flag-burning constitutional amendment and no on an amendment to ban same-sex marriage.{{cite web |url=http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Evan_Bayh.htm |title=Evan Bayh on the Issues |website=Ontheissues.org |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-date=August 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804085844/http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Evan_Bayh.htm |url-status=live }}

=Climate change=

Bayh has been called "a fence-sitter on climate legislation," because he has stated concern about the effects of climate change but he also values cheap energy as beneficial to Indiana's manufacturing industry."Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) [UPDATED]", by Grist Staff, 2009-10-28. http://grist.org/article/2009-evan-bayh-on-climate-legislation/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003104854/http://grist.org/article/2009-evan-bayh-on-climate-legislation/ |date=October 3, 2016 }} In 2008 he signed a letter expressing concerns with a cap-and-trade bill known as the Climate Security Act that was then on the Senate floor,{{cite news|last1=Sheppard|first1=Kate|title=Swing-vote Democrats explain why they oppose the Climate Security Act|url=http://grist.org/article/letter-it-all-out/|access-date=2 October 2016|work=Grist|date=10 June 2008|archive-date=October 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003105336/http://grist.org/article/letter-it-all-out/|url-status=live}} but he ultimately voted for the bill.[https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00145 U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress – 2nd Session, Vote Number 145] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105185400/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00145 |date=January 5, 2018 }}, Senate.gov; accessed July 13, 2017. In 2010 he voted to prevent the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas pollution.[https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00184 U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress – 2nd Session, Vote Number 184] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105103112/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00184 |date=January 5, 2018 }}, Senate.gov; accessed July 13, 2017.

=Economy=

At a speech to the Commonwealth Club of California, Bayh said:

:What concerns me most about President Bush's tax and budget proposals, is that they threaten to undermine the foundation of the '90s' prosperity{{spaced ndash}}replacing the "virtuous cycle" created by fiscal responsibility with a "vicious cycle" of deficits and debt, rising interest rates, and disinvestment. His proposals constitute a narrow ideological agenda, not an effective economic strategy, and completely fail to grasp the realities of the New Economy and the many requirements for economic success in the 21st Century.{{cite web |url=http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=137&subid=258&contentid=3242 |title=DLC: Remarks by Sen. Evan Bayh to the Commonwealth Club of California |date=2001-04-10 |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011859/http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=137&subid=258&contentid=3242 |archive-date=2007-09-27 }}

=Education=

As governor, Bayh created the 21st Century Scholars program, which promises at-risk middle school students full tuition scholarships in return for being drug, alcohol and crime-free and maintaining decent grades. Iowa and Wisconsin have both introduced legislation modeling Bayh's program.{{cite web |url=http://www.in.gov/ssaci/programs/21st/index.html |title=CHE: Home |website=In.gov |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-date=May 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513072828/http://www.in.gov/ssaci/programs/21st/index.html |url-status=live }}[http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=5081 Bayh Praises Wisconsin, Iowa for New Legislation Based on 21st Century Scholars] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060212224834/http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=5081 |date=February 12, 2006 }}, Americanchronicle.com; accessed July 13, 2017.

=Environment=

Voted no on prohibiting eminent domain for use as parks or grazing land in December 2007.
Voted yes on including oil and gas smokestacks in mercury regulations in September 2005.
Rated 74% by the League of Conservation Voters, indicating pro-environment votes, in December 2003.
Voted no on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior in January 2001.
Voted no on more funding for forest roads and fish habitat in September 1999.
Voted to strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting in January 2007.

=Health care=

Bayh introduced the Medicare Prescription Drug Emergency Guarantee Act of 2006 to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to assure uninterrupted access to necessary medicines under the Medicare prescription drug program.{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/2238/text|title=Text - S.2238 - 109th Congress (2005-2006): Medicare Prescription Drug Emergency Guarantee Act of 2006|first=Evan|last=Bayh|date=1 February 2006|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=May 3, 2019|archive-date=May 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503153919/https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/2238/text|url-status=live}} Bayh proposed legislation he says could help cut health care insurance premiums by at least 20 percent for small businesses and individuals.[http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=18857 Bayh Proposes Legislation to Ease Rising Cost of Healthcare] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928170356/http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=18857 |date=2007-09-28 }}, Insideindianabusiness.com; accessed July 13, 2017. He voted in favor of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (both 2010).{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00396 |title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 1st Session |website=Senate.gov |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-date=July 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718202033/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00396 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/111-2010/s105 |title=H.R. 4872 (111th): Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 |website=GovTrack.us |date=2010-03-25 |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816112836/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/111-2010/s105 |url-status=live }}

=Israel=

He is a member of AIPAC's advisory committee.{{cite news |last=Hirschfeld |first=Julie |url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/07/17/pro-israel-aipac-creates-group-to-lobby-against-the-iran-deal |title=Pro-Israel Aipac Creates Group to Lobby Against the Iran Deal - First Draft. |website=The New York Times |date=2015-07-17 |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-date=July 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702015546/https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/07/17/pro-israel-aipac-creates-group-to-lobby-against-the-iran-deal/ |url-status=live }}

=Iran=

Bayh appeared on CNN's Late Edition in January 2006{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/16/iran.congress/ |title=Senators: Military last option on Iran - Jan 16, 2006 |website=CNN.com |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-date=April 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424091233/http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/16/iran.congress/ |url-status=live }} and referred to the "radical, almost delusional nature of the Iranian regime" and recent comments of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the Holocaust is a "myth. To deny history like this, this virulent anti-Semitism, their sponsoring of terrorism, their search for a nuclear weapon{{spaced ndash}}ought to be a wake-up call to every American. Appeasement won't work. We need to use diplomacy, economic sanctions, other means, so we won't have to resort to military action."

Bayh introduced legislation in January 2006 that would impose sanctions on Iran.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/19/AR2006011903220.html Sen. Clinton Urges U.N. Sanctions Against Iran] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628120049/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/19/AR2006011903220.html |date=June 28, 2017 }}, Washingtonpost.com; accessed July 13, 2017.

On January 20, 2006, Bayh introduced a resolution calling for economic sanctions on Iran, with the goal of deterring Iran from developing nuclear weapons.{{cite web |url=http://bayh.senate.gov/releases/2006/01/19JAN06PR.htm |title=Bayh to Introduce Senate Resolution Calling for Sanctions on Iran |access-date=2017-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060125220729/http://bayh.senate.gov/releases/2006/01/19JAN06PR.htm |archive-date=2006-01-25 }} In 2007, Bayh "supported the Kyl-Lieberman amendment that Obama made a key part of his critique of Clinton."[http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=07&year=2008&base_name=bayh_bayh_bayh TAPPED Archive | The American Prospect] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810204915/http://prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=07&year=2008&base_name=bayh_bayh_bayh |date=August 10, 2011 }}, Prospect.org; accessed July 13, 2017.[https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00349 U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228154600/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00349 |date=December 28, 2017 }}, Senate.gov; accessed July 13, 2017.

=Iraq=

File:US Navy 060108-M-4314O-008 Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, shakes the hand of a Marine assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force.jpg

Bayh was an early supporter of the idea of removing Saddam Hussein from power for humanitarian reasons.

On October 2, 2002, Bayh joined President George W. Bush and congressional leaders in a Rose Garden ceremony announcing their agreement on the joint resolution authorizing the Iraq War, and was thanked by Bush and Senator John McCain for co-sponsoring the resolution. In 2006, Bayh criticized the conduct of the Iraq War:

:It is clear to just about everyone but the die-hard neoconservatives within this administration that shifting our focus away from Osama bin Laden to Saddam Hussein was perhaps the biggest strategic blunder in our nation's history. And while we have been preoccupied with Iraq, under this President, North Korea has gone nuclear and Iran is on the verge of doing so.[http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2006/09/nuclear_gloom_and_doom.html Nuclear Gloom and Doom – Early Warning] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109234718/https://www.washingtonpost.com/ |date=November 9, 2023 }}, Washingtonpost.com; accessed July 13, 2017.

A blog from The Washington Post reported that in February 2006 Bayh was quoted saying: "We've got to be somewhere between 'cut and run' ... and mindlessly staying the course. You've got to have a sensible middle ground."{{cite news|author=Chris Cilliza|url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/07/the_case_against_evan_bayh.html|title=The Fix – The Case Against Evan Bayh|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2008-07-23|access-date=August 5, 2008|archive-date=May 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523122816/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/07/the_case_against_evan_bayh.html|url-status=live}}

=Trade=

During his time in the Senate, Bayh criticized trade policies of some countries, including China. Bayh's bipartisan Stopping Overseas Subsidies (SOS) Act was intended to allow the United States to enforce its antisubsidy laws abroad. He voted against CAFTA.[http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060208/NEWS02/602080449/1001/RSS01] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615084312/http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20060208%2FNEWS02%2F602080449%2F1001%2FRSS01|date=2006-06-15}}

Bayh placed a hold on the President's nominee to be the U.S. Trade Representative. After receiving several key commitments from nominee (later U.S. Senator) Rob Portman to get tough on China trade, Bayh agreed to release his hold.[http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2005/04/30/business/business/dac4f5fb2571f2dc86256ff200759d9c.txt Bayh lifts block on trade post] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919130355/http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2005/04/30/business/business/dac4f5fb2571f2dc86256ff200759d9c.txt |date=September 19, 2008 }}, Thetimesonline.com; accessed July 13, 2017.

Electoral history

{{Election box begin no change |title=Indiana Secretary of State, 1986}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| |party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Evan Bayh

|votes = 828,494

|percentage = 53.3%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Robert Bowen

|votes = 704,952

|percentage = 45.4%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = American Party (1969)

|candidate = Linda Paterson

|votes = 10,224

|percentage = 0.7%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Karen Benson

|votes = 10,180

|percentage = 0.7%

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{{Election box begin no party no change |title=Democratic Nomination for Governor of Indiana, 1988}}

{{Election box winning candidate no party no change

| |candidate = Evan Bayh

|votes = 493,198

|percentage = 83.1

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{{Election box candidate no party no change

| |candidate = Stephen Daily

|votes = 66,242

|percentage = 11.2

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{{Election box candidate no party no change

| |candidate = Frank O'Bannon

|votes = 34,360

|percentage = 5.8

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{{Election box begin no change |title=Governor of Indiana, 1988}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| |party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Evan Bayh

|votes = 1,138,574

|percentage = 53.2%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = John Mutz

|votes = 1,002,207

|percentage = 46.8%

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{{Election box begin no change |title=Governor of Indiana, 1992}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| |party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Evan Bayh (incumbent)

|votes = 1,382,151

|percentage = 62.0%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Linley Pearson

|votes = 822,533

|percentage = 36.9%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = New Alliance Party

|candidate = Mary Barton

|votes = 24,378

|percentage = 1.1%

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{{Election box begin no change |title=U.S. Senator from Indiana (Class 3), 1998}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| |party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Evan Bayh

|votes = 1,012,244

|percentage = 63.7%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Paul Helmke

|votes = 552,732

|percentage = 34.8%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Rebecca Sink-Burris

|votes = 23,641

|percentage = 1.5%

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{{Election box begin no change |title=U.S. Senator from Indiana (Class 3), 2004}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| |party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Evan Bayh (incumbent)

|votes = 1,496,976

|percentage = 61.6%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Marvin Scott

|votes = 903,913

|percentage = 37.3%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| |party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Albert Barger

|votes = 27,344

|percentage = 1.1%

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|votes = 593,063

|percentage = 24.3%

|change =

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 2,428,233

| percentage = 100.00%

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|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

|loser = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box begin no change

| title = U.S. Senator from Indiana (Class 3), 2016{{cite web |url=http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/election/general/general2016?page=office&countyID=-1&officeID=4&districtID=-1&candidate= |title=Indiana General Election, November 8, 2016 |publisher=Indiana Secretary of State |access-date=December 19, 2016 |archive-date=February 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223235528/http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/election/general/general2016?page=office&countyID=-1&officeID=4&districtID=-1&candidate= |url-status=live }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Todd Young

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 1,423,991

| percentage = 52.11%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Evan Bayh

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 1,158,947

| percentage = 42.41%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Lucy Brenton

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| votes = 149,481

| percentage = 5.47%

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{{Election box candidate no change

| candidate = James L. Johnson, Jr.

| party = Write-in

| votes = 127

| percentage = 0.01%

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{{Election box majority no change

|votes = 265,044

|percentage = 9.75%

|change =

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 2,732,573

| percentage = 100.00%

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|winner = Republican Party (United States)

|loser = Democratic Party (United States)

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References

External links

{{C-SPAN|5608}}
[http://evanbayhforindiana.com/ Evan Bayh for Senate] 2016 Campaign
[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/evan-bayh/ Evan Bayh] column archives at The Huffington Post
[http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=17612 DePauw University 2006 commencement speech]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060828121917/http://www.law.virginia.edu/home2002/html/news/2005_spr/bayh_graduation.htm University of Virginia Commencement Speech]