Feb 12, 2010

Coats to challenge Bayh for Indiana Senate seat

Former U.S. Senator Dan Coats (upper photo) has confirmed that he wants his old job back.

Coats will run against Senator Evan Bayh (lower photo) to regain his old Senate seat. If he wins the Senate will be saying bye, bye to Bayh.

Mr. Coats said he is overseeing signature drives to make a formal challenge for the senate seat held by Indiana Democrat Evan Bayh.

Coats talked openly about the fact he's getting lots of encouragement from national republican leaders and Hoosiers to make a serious run for the office he held from 1989 to 1998, before retiring to pursue other challenges, including a stint as U.S. Ambassador to Germany.

He says he feels federal spending in Washington is out of control right now, that he thinks the democrats’ planned overhaul of health care is wrong, and he believes Senator Bayh is not resisting either of those things.

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