Indiana Overview: Nov 2 Senate elections

Okay, 37 posts on a Sunday may be too many, but I'm going to risk it. These are the 37 Senate races that will be decided on November 2, 2010. If Republicans don't win quite a few of these, in order to gain a majority in the Senate, it will certainly be a referendum to all that the Democrat model is what the American people actually want.... (or will it just be a referendum against the Tea Partiers?)

Screencaps of Dem and Rep candidates are shown alphabetically.

Two-term incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Evan Bayh, the former two-term Governor of Indiana, surprisingly announced that he would not seek reelection in 2010.

U.S. Representative Brad Ellsworth of Indiana's 8th congressional district is the Democratic nominee.

Former U.S. Senator and lobbyist Dan Coats is the Republican nominee.

Running under the Libertarian Party is Rebecca Sink-Burris, a former teacher from Bloomington, Indiana.

In 2008, Barack Obama narrowly carried Indiana with 49.85 percent of the vote while John McCain received 48.82 percent, a 1.03-percent margin of victory for the Democrat. Former U.S.