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2010 United States Senate election in Indiana

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2010 United States Senate election in Indiana

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FieldValue
election_name2010 United States Senate election in Indiana
countryIndiana
typepresidential
ongoingYes
previous_election2004 United States Senate election in Indiana
previous_year2004
next_election2016 United States Senate election in Indiana
next_year2016
election_dateNovember 2, 2010
image_size150x150px
image1File:Dan Coats, official portrait, 112th Congress.jpg
nominee1**Dan Coats**
party1Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1**952,116**
percentage1**54.58%**
image2File:Brad Ellsworth, official 110th Congress photo.jpg
nominee2Brad Ellsworth
party2Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2697,775
percentage240.00%
image33x4.svg
nominee3Rebecca Sink-Burris
party3Libertarian Party (United States)
popular_vote394,330
percentage35.41%
map_image2010 United States Senate election in Indiana results map by county.svg
map_size160px
map_captionCounty results
**Coats**: .
**Ellsworth**:
titleU.S. Senator
before_electionEvan Bayh
before_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
after_electionDan Coats
after_partyRepublican Party (United States)

Coats: .
Ellsworth:
The 2010 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 2, 2010, alongside 33 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 to fill Indiana's class III United States Senate seat. Incumbent Democratic Senator Evan Bayh decided in February 2010 to retire instead of seeking a third term shortly after Dan Coats announced his candidacy. Bayh's announcement came one day before the filing deadline and no Democratic candidate submitted enough signatures by the deadline to run, so the State Democratic Party chose U.S. Congressman Brad Ellsworth as their nominee. The Libertarian Party nominated YMCA instructor Rebecca Sink-Burris, who had previously unsuccessfully run for this seat in 1998. Coats won the open seat, having previously held it from 1989 to 1999. Bayh later unsuccessfully ran for this seat again in 2016.

Democratic nomination

Senate candidates in Indiana were required to have submitted 500 signatures from each of the state's nine congressional districts by February 16, 2010, one day after Bayh announced his retirement. Democratic leaders thought the popular incumbent would run for reelection, and as a result, no Democratic candidate had submitted the requisite signatures by the deadline to run in the state's primary, meaning that the Indiana Democratic Party's executive committee chose the party's nominee. U.S. congressman Brad Ellsworth was officially selected on May 15.

Republican primary

Candidates

  • Don Bates, businessman
  • Richard Behney, businessman
  • Dan Coats, former U.S. Senator
  • John Hostettler, former U.S. Representative
  • Marlin Stutzman, State Senator

Debates

    1. March 6
    1. April 8 (on the WXNT radio station)
    1. April 10
    1. April 19 (at Franklin College, on radio station WFCI)
    1. April 20 (televised on WFYI)

Endorsements

Coats

  • U.S. Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona
  • U.S. Congressman Mike Pence of Indiana
  • Former United States Secretary of Education Bill Bennett
  • National Republican Senatorial Committee
  • Founder of Focus on the Family James Dobson
  • The Journal Gazette
  • Elizabeth Cheney

Hostettler

  • U.S. Congressman Ron Paul of Texas
  • Former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas
  • Former U.S. Congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado
  • Team America PAC
  • Republican Liberty Caucus
  • Gun Owners of America
  • Indiana's Conservative Hardball Blog

Stutzman

  • Former Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas
  • U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC)
  • U.S. Congressman Mark E. Souder
  • State Senator David C. Long
  • Chairman of the American Conservative Union David Keene

Polling

Poll SourceDate(s)
administeredSample
sizeMargin of
ErrorDan
CoatsJohn
HostettlerMarlin
StutzmanOtherUndecided
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504215800/http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100429/LOCAL08/100429447&SAXOEdAjax=1&AjaxRequestUniqueId=127255182534620&template=printartdate=May 4, 2010 }})April 29, 2010407± 5.0%**36%**24%18%10%13%

Results

Results by county:

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General election

Candidates

  • Brad Ellsworth (D), U.S. Representative
  • Dan Coats (R), former U.S. Senator
  • Rebecca Sink-Burris (L), teacher and small business owner

Campaign

After Coats' win in the Republican primary, Ellsworth began to heavily criticize Coats for his ties to lobbyists. He called for more disclosure of the meetings lawmakers have with lobbyists, banning congressional staff from lobbying for six years after their congressional jobs, requiring Congress members to put all their investments in blind trusts, more disclosure of Senate candidates' personal financial information, and changes to the U.S. Senate filibuster rules. He proposed lowering number of votes required to break a filibuster to 55 from the current 60. In response to Ellsworth's charges, Coats published his lobbying record in an 815-page document.

Coats emphasized the individual issues rather than ethic reforms advocated by his opponent. He focused on Ellsworth's record of voting in support of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, cap and trade legislation, and health care bill. Coats opinion of the healthcare law was that "the only responsible solution ... is to repeal the Obama-Pelosi-Ellsworth health spending bill and quickly replace it with cost-effective, incremental pieces that will decrease costs, increase coverage and not break the bank."

Debates

The three candidates took part in three televised debates.

  • Monday, October 11, in Indianapolis
  • Friday, October 22, in Fort Wayne
  • Monday, October 25, in Vincennes

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Cook Political ReportOctober 30, 2010
RothenbergOctober 28, 2010
RealClearPoliticsOctober 30, 2010
Sabato's Crystal BallOctober 28, 2010
CQ PoliticsOctober 30, 2010

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administeredSample
sizeMargin of
errorDan
Coats (R)Brad
Ellsworth (D)OtherUnde
cided
Rasmussen ReportsFebruary 16–17, 2010500± 3.5%**46%**32%7%15%
Research 2000February 22–24, 2010600± 4.0%**37%**36%—27%
Rasmussen ReportsMarch 17–18, 2010500± 4.5%**49%**34%6%12%
Rasmussen ReportsApril 13–14, 2010500± 3.5%**54%**33%5%9%
SurveyUSAApril 22–26, 2010407± 5.0%**47%**31%—22%
Rasmussen ReportsMay 5–6, 2010500± 4.5%**51%**36%6%8%
Rasmussen ReportsJune 2–3, 2010500± 4.5%**47%**33%7%14%
Rasmussen ReportsJuly 7–8, 2010500± 4.5%**51%**30%6%12%
The Polling CompanyJuly 11–15, 2010502± 4.2%**51%**25%—14%
The Polling CompanyJuly 31 – August 3, 2010502± 4.2%**50%**35%—14%
Rasmussen ReportsAugust 4–7, 2010500± 4.5%**50%**29%7%14%
Rasmussen ReportsSeptember 14–15, 2010500± 4.5%**50%**34%8%9%
WISH-TV/EPIC-MRASeptember 29 – October 1, 2010500± 4.4%**51%**33%5%11%
Rasmussen ReportsOctober 20, 2010500± 4.5%**52%**34%5%9%
WISH-TV/EPIC-MRAOctober 19–21, 2010500± 4.4%**53%**35%5%7%
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002084303/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101026/BREAKING/10260345date=October 2, 2011 }}October 21–25, 20101,600± 3.0%**54%**32%7%3%
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002084303/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101026/BREAKING/10260345date=October 2, 2011 }}October 29, 20101,600± 3.0%**60%**32%4%3%
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002084303/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101026/BREAKING/10260345date=October 2, 2011 }}October 30 – November 1, 20101,600± 3.0%**60%**39%4%3%

Fundraising

Candidate (Party)ReceiptsDisbursementsCash On HandDebt
Dan Coats (R)$4,408,537$3,384,413$1,024,123$185,500
Brad Ellsworth (D)$2,256,505$2,369,943$119,329$22,726
Rebecca Sink-Burris (L)$7,331$2,175$5,351$0
Source: Federal Election Commission

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

  • Delaware (largest city: Muncie)
  • Porter (largest city: Portage)
  • Madison (largest city: Anderson)
  • Spencer (largest city: Santa Claus)
  • Starke (largest city: Knox)
  • Tippecanoe (largest city: Lafayette)
  • Vanderburgh (largest city: Evansville)
  • Scott (Largest city: Scottsburg)
  • Blackford (Largest city: Hartford City)
  • Clark (Largest city: Jeffersonville)
  • Crawford (Largest city: Marengo)
  • Floyd (Largest city: New Albany)
  • Gibson (Largest city: Princeton)
  • Jefferson (Largest city: Madison)
  • Knox (Largest city: Vincennes)
  • Pike (Largest city: Petersburg)
  • Posey (Largest city: Mount Vernon)
  • Switzerland (Largest city: Vevay)
  • Warrick (Largest city: Boonville)
  • Adams (Largest city: Decatur)
  • Allen (Largest city: Fort Wayne)
  • Bartholomew (Largest city: Columbus)
  • Benton (Largest city: Fowler)
  • Brown (Largest city: Nashville)
  • Carroll (Largest city: Delphi)
  • Cass (Largest city: Logansport)
  • Clay (Largest city: Brazil)
  • Clinton (Largest city: Frankfort)
  • Daviess (Largest city: Washington)
  • Decatur (Largest city: Greensburg)
  • DeKalb (Largest city: Auburn)
  • Dubois (Largest city: Jasper)
  • Elkhart (Largest city: Elkhart)
  • Fayette (Largest city: Connersville)
  • Fountain (Largest city: Attica)
  • Franklin (Largest city: Brookville)
  • Fulton (Largest city: Rochester)
  • Grant (Largest city: Marion)
  • Greene (Largest city: Linton)
  • Hancock (Largest city: Greenfield)
  • Harrison (Largest city: Corydon)
  • Henry (Largest city: New Castle)
  • Howard (Largest city: Kokomo)
  • Huntington (Largest city: Huntington)
  • Jackson (Largest city: Seymour)
  • Jay (Largest city: Portland)
  • Jennings (Largest city: North Vernon)
  • Johnson (Largest city: Greenwood)
  • LaGrange (Largest city: LaGrange)
  • Lawrence (Largest city: Bedford)
  • Marshall (Largest city: Plymouth)
  • Martin (Largest city: Loogootee)
  • Miami (Largest city: Peru)
  • Montgomery (Largest city: Crawfordsville)
  • Morgan (Largest city: Martinsville)
  • Newton (Largest city: Kentland)
  • Noble (Largest city: Kendallville)
  • Ohio (Largest city: Rising Sun)
  • Orange (Largest city: Paoli)
  • Owen (Largest city: Spencer)
  • Parke (Largest city: Rockville)
  • Pulaski (Largest city: Winamac)
  • Putnam (Largest city: Greencastle)
  • Randolph (Largest city: Winchester)
  • Ripley (Largest city: Batesville)
  • Rush (Largest city: Rushville)
  • St. Joseph (Largest city: South Bend)
  • Shelby (Largest city: Shelbyville)
  • Steuben (Largest city: Angola)
  • Tipton (Largest city: Tipton)
  • Union (Largest city: Liberty)
  • Wabash (Largest city: Wabash)
  • Warren (Largest city: Williamsport)
  • Washington (Largest city: Salem)
  • Wayne (Largest city: Richmond)
  • Wells (Largest city: Bluffton)
  • White (Largest city: Monticello)
  • Whitley (Largest city: Columbia City)

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