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Brad Ellsworth

Democrat Brad Ellsworth has been a member of the House since 2007. He joined the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Department in 1982 and rose through the ranks over two decades. Ellsworth was elected sheriff in 1998 and served two terms.

Senate

INDIANA

Democrat

Dan Coats

Republican Dan Coats served in the U.S. House from 1981-89, when he was appointed to the Senate to replace Dan Quayle, who became vice president. Coats left the Senate in 1999, keeping a promise not to seek another term. He was ambassador to Germany from 2001-05. After leaving the Senate, he also worked as a lobbyist for drug, defense and energy companies, among others.

Senate

INDIANA

Republican

Latest Indiana Senate Race News

Indiana Political Landscape Turning Red After Democrats' Midterm Losses

By Robert Schmuhl

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Republican midterm victories in Indiana represent an almost complete about-face from recent Democratic gains and foreshadow a vastly different political landscape in the Hoosier ...

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What Is Brad Ellsworth's Religion?

By Robert Ham

Brad Ellsworth, the two-term Democratic congressman from Indiana's 8th Congressional District, is running for senator from Indiana against Republican Dan Coats, who held the seat from 1988 to 1998, ...

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What Is Dan Coats' Religion?

By Robert Ham

Dan Coats, former U.S. senator and representative, is running to regain his position as U.S. senator from Indiana against Democratic Rep. Brad Ellsworth. As part of a Politics Daily series providing ...

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Roundup of Governor, Senate Polls: Tom Tancredo Making a Race of It in Colorado

By Bruce Drake

Our roundup of polls from over the weekend and Monday on the races for governor and Senate updates or adds Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Oregon, Pennsylvania, ...

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Is Dan Coats Married?

By Alex Mouravskiy

Dan Coats, former U.S. senator and representative, is running to regain his position as senator from Indiana against Democratic Rep. Brad Ellsworth. As part of a Politics Daily series providing ...

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May 24, 2012

Coats Releases List of 104 Employers Offering Over 4,100 Jobs at 2012 Hoosier Job Fair

Source: Kokomo Perspective - Kokomo IN

Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) today announced that 104 employers offering over 4,100 jobs will attend the 2012 Hoosier Job Fair on Wednesday, May 30, at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds in Lafayette from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET.

May 24, 2012

Senate GOP Appropriators Will Consume Any Rubbish Democrats Offer

Source: RedState.org

As we've chronicled here in great detail over the past year, House Republicans are no pikers when it comes to conservative legislation.

May 24, 2012

CIA, military hit for movie on bin Laden

Source: The Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne IN

A House committee chairman charged Wednesday that the CIA and Defense Department jeopardized national security by cooperating too closely with filmmakers producing a movie on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

May 23, 2012

Good News: Senate Dems Vote To Increase Flying Fees So You Can Be Groped

Source: Pirate`s Cove

In a sane world, when most in the private sector have cut back on their home budgets thanks to this long term economic downturn made worse by Democrats, agencies like the Transportation Security Administration would simply do more with less and/or see reductions. (

May 21, 2012

Once an Obama coup, Indiana less a battleground

Source: Princeton Daily Clarion - Princeton IN

GARY, Ind. Barack Obama was the first Democrat in 44 years to win Indiana in the 2008 presidential race.