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Democrat Beau Bayh announced on Monday, Oct. 6 that he will run for Indiana Secretary of State, mounting a challenge to Republican Diego Morales.
“I’m a seventh-generation Hoosier and Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, and 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 exactly what’s gone wrong. Instead of serving Hoosiers, that office has been used to cut backroom deals, with our tax dollars funding perks for politicians and their insider friends. Hoosiers work hard for our money, and it’s being wasted. There’s no accountability. We deserve a Secretary of State who works for the people.”
Bayh’s plan for the Office of the Secretary of State includes:
- Ensuring accountability for every tax dollar by calling out corruption, wasteful spending, and government abuse wherever it exists.
- Opposing excessive taxes that are crushing working families.
- Overseeing fair and secure elections.
- Supporting the thousands of new businesses that create jobs and fuel our economy.
Click here to watch Bayh’s campaign launch video.
About Beau Bayh
Beau Bayh is a seventh-generation Hoosier who was raised to believe public service means actually serving the public – not your political party, and certainly not yourself.
For Bayh, that meant joining the United States Marine Corps. He served as an Infantry Officer, where he rose to the rank of Captain and graduated from the Scout Sniper Unit Leaders Course. His military service took him around the world, including to Europe in support of America’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. There, he served as part of Project Maven, a top-secret intelligence program supporting critical missions within the Intelligence Community for United States and NATO operations. He also trained allied military forces in the jungles of South America.
Following his honorable discharge in 2023, he earned a law degree and served as a Judicial Law Clerk in Bloomington for the Honorable David F. Hamilton on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Throughout his career, he has been guided by the lessons he learned as a Marine: when facing tough fights, you run toward them, not away from them. That’s how he’ll approach the job of Secretary of State. He’ll immediately clean up the corruption and wasteful spending that has brought so much shame to that office – and he’ll work with both parties to restore common sense to government.
Bayh earned his undergraduate degree in Government from Harvard University, where he competed as a Division I athlete and served on the Undergraduate Honor Council. He went on to earn his law degree from Harvard Law School, where he was an Editor of the Business Law Review and a board member of the Harvard Association for Law and Business. He lives in Indianapolis where he works as an attorney.
Visit his website at beaubayh.com.