Evan Bayh will run for U.S. Senate, could replace Baron Hill on ballot

“With the challenges facing Indiana and our country, I can no longer sit on the sidelines and watch as partisan bickering grinds Washington to a halt. Hoosier families deserve more and I’ve decided to run to take their cause to the U.S. Senate,” Bayh said in a press release.

Baron Hill, the Democratic candidate set to match up against Republican Todd Young announced that he would be taking his name off the November ballot Monday morning.

Bayh served as governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997 and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1998 and 2004.