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Beau Bayh — Secretary of State
Democratic · Indiana general election, November 3, 2026.
DBeau BayhDemocratic
Indianapolis attorney, former U.S. Marine Corps infantry captain and son of former Gov. and Sen. Evan Bayh, nominated at the June 2026 Democratic convention.
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Bayh is endorsed by the Indiana Reproductive Freedom PAC, which endorses only candidates who commit in writing to fight for access to 'safe and legal abortion.' Elsewhere he backs Indiana's voter ID law and calls for gas-tax and utility sales-tax relief, but he has stated no positions on marriage, religious liberty or guns.
- Life: Endorsed by the Indiana Reproductive Freedom PAC, which endorses only candidates who answer yes to a commitment to fight for 'access to safe and legal abortion, contraception, and fertility treatments.'
- Family: No explicit positions found on marriage, parental rights or gender issues; running as a Democrat suggests alignment with the party platform.
- Religious liberty: No positions found on religious liberty; he did not answer iVoterGuide's religious liberty questions.
- 2nd Amendment: No position found on gun policy; he did not answer iVoterGuide's Second Amendment question and does not appear on the 2026 Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate list for Indiana.
- Limited gov’t: Says he supports Indiana's voter ID law and that only citizens should vote, but calls a push for added citizenship checks fear-mongering, and he backs citizen-led ballot initiatives, an end to straight-ticket voting and labor unions alongside cutting red tape for small businesses.
- Fiscal: Calls for tax relief for working Hoosiers, including lowering the gas tax and eliminating the sales tax on utilities, and pledges a forensic audit of spending in the Secretary of State's office.
Also running for Secretary of State
- AMax Engling(R)
- N/RLauri A. Shillings(Lib)
- DGreg Ballard(Lincoln Party)