Dan Carden

Will the Bayh family name once again lead the Indiana Democratic Party out of the political wilderness?

Four decades after former Governor and U.S. Senator Evan Bayh helped revive two-party competition in the Hoosier State, his 29-year-old son is embarking on a similar mission with a run for the same statewide office won by his father in 1986 in his first campaign.

Birch Evans "Beau" Bayh IV, whose same-named grandfather also represented Indiana in the U.S. Senate and served as speaker of the Indiana House, announced Monday he's seeking the 2026 Democratic nomination for secretary of state.

In his campaign launch video, Beau Bayh touted his credentials as a "seventh-generation Hoosier" and a "Marine Corps captain," while targeting Republican Secretary of State Diego Moral

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