United States Senate election in Indiana, 2016

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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,^[1]^[2] 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".^[3] On March 24, 2015, Coats announced that he would not run for re-election.^[4] The primaries were held on May 3.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Marlin Stutzman, U.S. Representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010^[4]^[5]^[6]
Todd Young, U.S. Representative

Withdrawn

Kevin Grant, financial consultant and candidate for IN-04 in 2014 (running for IN-04)^[7]^[8]
Eric Holcomb, Senator Coats' Chief of Staff and former Chairman of the Indiana Republican Party^[4]^[5]^[9]^[10] (appointed and running for Lieutenant Governor)

Declined

Greg Ballard, Former Mayor of Indianapolis^[4]^[5]
Jim Banks, State Senator (running for IN-03)^[3]^[11]
Brian Bosma, Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives^[12]
Susan Brooks, U.S. Representative and former United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana (running for re-election)^[4]^[5]^[13]
Larry Bucshon, U.S. Representative (running for re-election)^[12]^[14]
Dan Coats, incumbent U.S. Senator^[1]^[3]^[15]
Mitch Daniels, President of Purdue University and former Governor of Indiana^[16]
Mike Delph, State Senator^[3]^[17]^[18]
Richard Lugar, former U.S. Senator^[19]
Jim Merritt, State Senator^[17]^[20]
Luke Messer, U.S. Representative (running for re-election)^[4]^[5]
Mike Pence, Governor of Indiana and former U.S. Representative (running for re-election)^[21]
Todd Rokita, U.S. Representative and former Secretary of State of Indiana (running for re-election)^[22]
Jackie Walorski, U.S. Representative (running for re-election)^[4]^[23]
Greg Zoeller, Indiana Attorney General (running for IN-09)^[12]^[24]

Endorsements

Marlin Stutzman

Federal politicians

Justin Amash, U.S. Representative from Michigan^[25]
Rand Paul, U.S. Senator from Kentucky and 2016 presidential candidate^[26]
Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, candidate for Vice President of the United States and former candidate for President of the United States^[27]

Organizations

Todd Young

Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce^[30]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Todd Young	Marlin Stutzman	Undecided
NBC/WSJ/Marist	April 26–28, 2016	645	± 3.9%	56%	24%	20%
IPFW/Downs Center	April 13–27, 2016	400	± 4.9%	42%	34%	24%
WTHR/Howey	April 18–21, 2016	507	± 4.0%	43%	31%	26%

Results

Republican primary results^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Young	659,555	67%
	Republican	Marlin Stutzman	323,852	33%
Total votes			983,407	100%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Baron Hill, former U.S. Representative and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1990^[4]^[32]^[33]^[34]

Withdrew

John Dickerson, former nonprofit organization director^[35]^[36]

Declined

Evan Bayh, former U.S. Senator and former Governor of Indiana^[1]^[37]
André Carson, U.S. Representative (running for re-election)^[38]
Brad Ellsworth, former U.S. Representative and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010^[39]
Christina Hale, State Representative (running for re-election)^[40]
John Gregg, former Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives and nominee for Governor in 2012 (running for Governor)^[41]
Thomas McDermott, Jr., Mayor of Hammond^[4]^[42]^[43]
Bart Peterson, former Mayor of Indianapolis^[44]
Glenda Ritz, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction (running for re-election)^[45]
Jonathan Weinzapfel, former Mayor of Evansville and nominee for Indiana's 8th congressional district in 1996^[39]

Endorsements

Baron Hill

Individuals

Evan Bayh, former U.S. Senator for this seat and former Governor of Indiana

Organizations

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee^[46]

Results

Democratic primary results^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Baron Hill	514,993	100.00%
Total votes			514,993	100.00%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[47]	Likely R	March 25, 2016
Daily Kos^[48]	Likely R	April 3, 2016
Roll Call^[49]	Likely R	April 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[50]	Likely R	March 21, 2016

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Todd Young (R)	Baron Hill (D)	Other	Undecided
Bellwether Research	May 11–15, 2016	600	± 4.0%	36%	22%	–	30%
WTHR/Howey	April 18–21, 2016	500	± 4.3%	48%	30%	–	22%

References

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External links

Official campaign websites

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United States Senate election in Indiana, 2016

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

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