The 2010 Senate elections for Indiana resulted in Republican candidate Dan Coats, beating his opponent, Democrat Brad Ellsworth. Coats won the race with 55% of the total votes and a 15% lead over Ellsworth. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/results/individual/#mapSINEllsworth served in the House of Representatives prior to running for the Senate.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/bios/#51513 Coats had served in the Senate for almost 10 years before leaving the office in 1998.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/bios/#18782

The winners for the 2010 House elections include Democratic incumbent Peter Visclosky, Republican Larry Bucshon, Republican Todd Young, Republican Todd Rokita, Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly, Republican incumbent Mike Pence, Republican incumbent Dan Burton, Democratic incumbent Andre Carson and Republican Marlin Stutzman.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/results/main.results/#H

Indiana was the 19th state to join the union, December 11, 1816.http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763770.html In 2001, Indiana’s Electoral Votes dropped from 12 to 11.http://www.fec.gov/pages/elecvote.htm Indiana voted for the first time in a Presidential election in 1816, the year they joined the union, supporting James Monroe a Democratic-Republican who ran and won against Rufus King a Federalist.http://www.100bestwebsites.org/alt/evmaps/electoral-maps.htm In the last 10 Presidential elections Indiana has voted Republican in every election except for the 2008 race where the state went to Obama by a slim 1% point. Indiana has long been a Republican stronghold only voting Democrat only twice since 1940, the first being 1964 when they supported Lyndon B. Johnson.http://www.270towin.com/states/Indiana

To register to vote in Indiana you must be at least 18 years old, as well as citizen of both the United States and Indiana and not currently serving a term in prison. To be eligible to vote you must have registered at least 29 days before either a Primary or a General election and have lived in the precinct you are voting in for at least 30 days. http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/2403.htm

Indiana Public Law 109-2005 requires voters to present of photo ID that has been issued by the government before being allowed to vote. The voter’s registration record must conform to the photo ID being presented. This does not mean that the two documents have to represent the voters name in an identical manner but the last name must obviously be the same and then the remainder could be any combination of names and initials, ex. (John Q. Public, John Public, J.Q. Public, etc.). Military IDs and most college ID cards are acceptable if they meet the requirements of the law.http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/2401.htm

• Governor: Mitch Daniels (R) (til January 2013
• Lieutenant Governor: Becky Skillman (R) (til January 2013)
• Secretary of State: Todd Rokita (R) (til January 2011)
• Attorney General: Greg Zoeller (R) (til January 2013)
• Senators: Dick Lugar (R) (til January 2013), Evan Bayh (D) (January 2011)
• US Representatives: 9

• 2004: George W. Bush (R)
• 2000: George W. Bush (R)
• 1996: Bob Dole (R)
• 1992: George H. W. Bush (R)
• 1988: George H. W. Bush (R)
• 1984: Ronald Reagan (R)
• 1980: Ronald Reagan (R)
• 1976: Gerald Ford (R)
• 1972: Richard Nixon (R)
• 1968: Richard Nixon (R)

Primary Elections for Congressional and Statewide offices were held on May 4, 2010. The General Elections will be held nationwide on November 02, 2010.

Key Primary Election results: * US Senate - Republican candidate - Dan Coats 217,225 Democratic canidate - Senator Evan Bayh announced his decision not to run the day before the deadline to run. The short notice gave no one the opportunity to file before the deadline so the Democratic Party's executive committee will select a nominee to run.

Full Primary Election results are available for viewing at the Indiana Secretary of State, Indiana Elections Division website.http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/primary/sos_primary10

Full General Election Results will not be available until after the election date, November 2, 2010.

2008 Presidential Election Winner: Barack Obama

Winner of Indiana's Eleven Electoral Votes: Barack Obama (D) Margin of Victory: 50% to 49%

Winner of Indiana's Gubernatorial Election: Governor Mitch Daniels (R) Margin of Victory: 58% to 40%

CNN: 2008 Indiana State Election Resultshttp://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/state/#IN MSNBC: Idiana Election Resultshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25380346/race/president

Winner of Indiana's Senate Seat: Senator Dick Lugar (R) Margin of Victory: 87% to 13%

CNN: 2006 Indiana Election Resultshttp://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/IN/

2004 Presidential Election Winner: George W. Bush

Winner of Indiana's Eleven Electoral Votes: George W. Bush (R) Margin of victory: 60% to 39%

Winner of Indiana's Senate Seat: Senator Evan Bayh (D) Margin of Victory: 62% to 37%

Winner of Indiana's Gubernatorial Election: Mitch Daniels (R) Margin of Victory: 53% to 46%

CNN: 2004 Indiana Election Resultshttp://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/IN/