Secretary of State of Indiana
Beau Bayh
CandidateD
- Race
- Secretary of State of Indiana
- Election
- 2026-11-03
- Opponents
- Max Engling (R); Greg Ballard (Lincoln Party); Lauri Shillings (L)
- Research
- Basic
Party linenone
No recorded floor votes — not a current legislator in our records.
Said vs. did1 statement · 0 votes
I think we should not have men playing women's sports, and our state has already passed a law outlawing this
Bar transgender women and girls from women's and girls' school sports
Compare statements with votes ›On the ballotSecretary of State
2026-11-03
| Beau Bayh D | challenger |
| Max Engling R | challenger |
| Greg Ballard Lincoln Party | challenger |
| Lauri Shillings L | challenger |
Won the June 6 Democratic convention over Blythe Potter.
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
I think we should not have men playing women's sports, and our state has already passed a law outlawing this
Told the Indiana Capital Chronicle he supports Indiana's ban on transgender girls in girls' school sports, calling it a nonissue for the office.[6]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Biography
Beau Bayh is the Democratic nominee for Indiana Secretary of State. A first-time candidate and Indianapolis attorney, he is a Marine Corps veteran and the son of former Gov. and Sen. Evan Bayh.[1][2][3][4][5]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Bayh earned both his bachelor's degree in government and his law degree from Harvard University.[4][5] He served as a captain and infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.[2][4] He is the grandson of former Sen. Birch Bayh.[5]
Bayh worked as a judicial law clerk for Judge David F. Hamilton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit until August 2025, and later as an attorney in Indianapolis.[3][4][5] He had not previously run for office.[2][3]
He won his party's nomination at the Indiana Democratic convention on June 6, 2026.[1][7] He has said he is running "to fix a corrupt office, and to take on a broken political system that doesn't serve us."[4]
In their own words
Priorities
- Fix what he calls a corrupt office: he supports an audit of the Secretary of State's office and said at the Oct. 7 debate he would start a forensic audit of current spending.[8][9]
- Election security and access: 'No illegal votes, period. But we also should make sure that eligible voters can participate in our democracy.'[10]
Campaign moneyNo FEC filing summary matched — state candidates file with their state, not the FEC.
Profile: /people/beau-bayh
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.Indiana Secretary of State election, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-10-19 Reference
- 2.Ballotpedia candidate profiles and survey summaries, Indiana Secretary of State 2026 · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection · 2026 Candidate's own words
- 3.Indiana secretary of state hopefuls clash over voting rules, office audit · Indiana Capital Chronicle via Indiana Public Media · 2026-08-27 News report
- 4.Beau Bayh · Ballotpedia Reference
- 5.Democrat Beau Bayh to run for Indiana secretary of state · Indiana Capital Chronicle · 2025-10-06 News report
- 6.Spat breaks out in secretary of state's race over Indiana transgender sports ban · Indiana Capital Chronicle · 2026-08-21 News report
- 7.Beau Bayh wins Democratic nomination for Indiana Secretary of State · Indiana Citizen · 2026-06-07 News report
- 8.Indiana secretary of state hopefuls clash over voting rules, office audit · Indiana Capital Chronicle via Indiana Public Media · 2026-08-27 News report
- 9.Sharp divides in Indiana secretary of state debate over noncitizen vote, spending audit · Indiana Capital Chronicle · 2026-10-07 News report
- 10.Democrat Beau Bayh to run for Indiana Secretary of State · Indiana Capital Chronicle · 2025-10-06 News report