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MANative

(4,112 posts) Tue Mar 24, 2015, 12:20 PM Mar 2015

Republican Sen. Coats to retire, won't run in 2016

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana says he will retire from the Senate and won't seek re-election in 2016.

Coats, 71, was serving his second full term in the Senate. He says that it wasn't an easy decision but that he's concluded the time has come to pass the job to a new generation of leaders.

He becomes the third senator to announce plans to retire rather than seek re-election. The others are Democrats Barbara Boxer of California and Barbara Mikulski of Maryland.

Republicans would be favored to hang onto his seat.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ed5c3fe123904cf09074a0541e340089/republican-sen-coats-retire-wont-run-2016

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Republican Sen. Coats to retire, won't run in 2016 (Original Post) MANative Mar 2015 OP

Here's a question for the "real Democrat" advocates... brooklynite Mar 2015 #1

Not Sure Of Her Name But She Ran 4 Governor In The Election.... Corey_Baker08 Mar 2015 #2

The last Governor's race in Indiana was in 2012...John R. Gregg was the Democrat brooklynite Mar 2015 #3

The former Jill Long now Jill Long Thompson. LiberalFighter Mar 2015 #5

Former Senator Evan Bayh...Third Way member...appears to be the leading option to take back the seat brooklynite Mar 2015 #4

I doubt it. LiberalFighter Mar 2015 #6

Evan Bayh INdemo Mar 2015 #7

brooklynite

(94,745 posts)

1. Here's a question for the "real Democrat" advocates...

Reply to MANative (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 02:10 PM

Mar 2015

We elected Senator Joe Donnelly 4 years ago; we have a chance to pick up an additional seat towards our reclaiming of the Senate. However, this is Indiana. Who do you have that's acceptably liberal who can also win here?

Corey_Baker08

(2,157 posts)

2. Not Sure Of Her Name But She Ran 4 Governor In The Election....

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 03:17 PM

Mar 2015

brooklynite

(94,745 posts)

3. The last Governor's race in Indiana was in 2012...John R. Gregg was the Democrat

Reply to Corey_Baker08 (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 04:31 PM

Mar 2015

LiberalFighter

(51,103 posts)

5. The former Jill Long now Jill Long Thompson.

Reply to Corey_Baker08 (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 07:09 PM

Mar 2015

She ran for U.S. Senator years ago before she ran for U.S. Representative the following year to replace Dan Quayle.

brooklynite

(94,745 posts)

4. Former Senator Evan Bayh...Third Way member...appears to be the leading option to take back the seat

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 05:27 PM

Mar 2015

LiberalFighter

(51,103 posts)

6. I doubt it.

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 07:15 PM

Mar 2015

Personally I think he didn't run for re-election the last time because he figured he would lose. He had a lousy constituency service, was on the wrong side of some issues, and a lot of his supporters are either dead or disillusioned with him. The ones that are dead were those that grew up with Birch Bayh who really made a difference.

If he did win it would be too close for him.

INdemo

(6,994 posts)

7. Evan Bayh

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 08:03 PM

Mar 2015

probably doesn't want this seat back but it would be just like having a Republican (another Blue Dog) if he should run.
Indiana has several qualified Democratic candidates that could run but would need a solid State Democratic Party Organization behind that candidate and right now we don't have that.

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