Beau Bayh, a U.S. Marine Corps captain and member of Indiana’s well-known Bayh political family, has officially entered the race for Indiana Secretary of State as a Democrat.

Bayh, the grandson of former Senator Birch Bayh and son of former Governor Evan Bayh, announced his candidacy on Monday. He will face Republican incumbent Diego Morales, who began his reelection campaign in May, saying at the time there was “still so much more to do.”

In a campaign release, Bayh described himself as a seventh-generation Hoosier who has worked as a law clerk in Bloomington and now practices law in Indianapolis.

“I’m running for Secretary of State to fix a corrupt office, and to take on a broken political system that doesn’t serve us,” Bayh said. “Right now, the Secretary of State’s office shows exac

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