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leaders in Indiana chose Rep. Brad Ellsworth on Saturday to replace Sen. Evan Bayh, whose retirement announcement in February startled his colleagues and created an opening for Re- publicans as they seek to regain control of the Senate. Ellsworth, long the presump- tive nominee, will face former senator Dan Coats, the Repub- lican nominee. Republicans have criticized
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issues important to voters and refine a message. Coats has said the five-way Re- publican primary — in which he won 39 percent of the vote — made him a stronger candidate heading into the general elec- tion. Indiana Republican Chairman
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But there does not seem to be much voter outrage over the way Ellsworth was chosen, said Ka- ren Kay Leonard, president of the Indiana League of Women Voters, which does not endorse parties or candidates. “An open primary’s an impor- tant thing, but obviously Evan Bayh didn’t give Democrats the chance to do some of the things they would have done other- wise,” Leonard said.
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