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]
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][6] 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]
- 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.Beau Bayh wins Democratic nomination for Indiana Secretary of State · Indiana Citizen · 2026-06-07 News report
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.