Dan Coats is a politician from the state of Indiana and a member of the Republican Party. He served four terms in the United States House of Representatives, representing Indiana's 4th congressional district from 1981 to 1989. In 1989, he was appointed to the United States Senate by Indiana Gov. Robert D. Orr following U.S. Sen. Dan Quayle's resignation from the Senate due to Quayle's election as Vice President of the United States. Coats served in the Senate from 1989 to 1999 and again from 2011 to 2017. Coats served as the 5th Director of National Intelligence from March 2017-August 2019.

Background

Coats's political history in Indiana is closely tied to Quayle and former Senator Evan Bayh. Coats immediately succeeded Quayle both in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1981 (following Quayle upset victory over incumbent Sen. Birch Bayh in 1980) and in the U.S. Senate (following Quayle election as Vice President in 1988). Afters Coats decided to not seek re-election in 1998, he was succeeded by Evan Bayh, who reclaimed his father's old Senate seat. Following Bayh's retirement in 2010, Coats was re-elected to his old seat. He did not seek reelection in 2016.

United States House of Representatives

1980 General Election - Indiana's 4th Congressional District[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dan Coats 100,885 60.1 -4.3
Democratic John D. Walda 77,542 39.1 +5.3
Independent Stephen G. Hope 745 0.4 N/A
1982 General Election - Indiana's 4th Congressional District[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dan Coats (I) 110,115 64.3 +3.2
Democratic Roger M. Miller 60,054 35.1 -4.0
American John B. Cameron Jr. 1,029 0.6 N/A
1984 General Election - Indiana's 4th Congressional District[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dan Coats (I) 129,674 60.8 -3.5
Democratic Michael H. Barnard 82,053 38.5 +3.4
American John B. Cameron Jr. 858 0.4 -0.2
Libertarian Joseph F. Laiacona 534 0.3 N/A
1986 General Election - Indiana's 4th Congressional District[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dan Coats (I) 99,865 69.6 +8.8
Democratic Gregory Alan Scher 43,105 30.0 -8.5
Libertarian Stephen L. Dasbach 602 0.4 +0.1
1988 General Election - Indiana's 4th Congressional District[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dan Coats (I) 132,843 62.1 -7.5
Democratic Jill Long 80,915 37.9 +7.9

United States Senate

1990 General Election - United States Senate Special Election in Indiana, 1990[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dan Coats (I) 806,048 53.6 -7.0
Democratic Baron Hill 696,639 46.4 +7.9
1992 General Election - United States Senate Election in Indiana, 1992[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dan Coats (I) 1,267,972 57.3 +3.7
Democratic Joe Hogsett 900,148 40.7 -5.7
Libertarian Steve Dillon 35,733 1.6 N/A
New Alliance Raymond Tirado 7,474 0.3 N/A
2010 Republican Primary Election - United States Senate Election in Indiana, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % +%
Republican Dan Coats 217,225 39.4
Republican Marlin Stutzman 160,981 29.2
Republican John Hostettler 124,494 22.6
Republican Don Bates, Jr. 24,664 4.5
Republican Richard Behney 23,005 4.2
2010 General Election - United States Senate Election in Indiana, 2010[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dan Coats 952,116 54.6 +17.4
Democratic Brad Ellsworth 900,148 40.0 -21.7
Libertarian Rebecca Sink-Burris 94,330 5.4 +4.3
Independent Jim Miller (Write-In) 161 0.01 N/A
Independent Jack Rooney (Write-In) 99 0.01 N/A
  1. ↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1980" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
  2. ↑ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1982" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
  3. ↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1984" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
  4. ↑ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
  5. ↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1988" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
  6. ↑ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
  7. ↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
  8. ↑ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
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