Dan Coats Leads in Indiana Senate Race

As expected, Republican Dan Coats has surged into an early lead in the battle for Indiana’s open U.S. Senate seat as votes began trickling in shortly after the polls closed at 6 p.m. EST.

 

With less than one percent of precincts reporting, Coats, who has enjoyed a twenty-point lead in recent polls, has 3,716 votes to Democrat Brad Ellsworth;s 2,312. The Libertarian Party’s Rebecca Sink-Burris, who waged a spirited campaign, is garnering 210 votes in early reporting.