Editing Dan Coats (section)

===U.S. Senate (2011–2016)===
{{See also|2010 United States Senate election in Indiana}}
[[File:Dan Coats, official portrait, 112th Congress.jpg|thumb|180px|Official portrait of Senator Coats, 2011]]
Coats announced on February 3, 2010, he would run<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/60564-coats-and-bayh-finally-set-to-do-battle/ |title=Coats and Bayh finally set to do battle |date=February 4, 2010 |publisher=TheHill |access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref> for his old Senate seat; and on February 16, 2010, Bayh announced his intention to retire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/15/bayh.retirement/ |title=Bayh won't seek Senate re-election |website=CNN.com |access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref> Coats went on to win the seat. In March 2015, he announced that he would not run for reelection in 2016. He served on the [[United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence]].<ref>{{Citation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230113848/http://www.coats.senate.gov/meet-dan/committees/|title=Committee Assignments|date=December 30, 2016|archive-date=December 30, 2016|url=http://www.coats.senate.gov/meet-dan/committees/ |work=Coats.senate.gov|publisher=[[United States Senate]]|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On February 10, 2010, Coats confirmed that he would return to Indiana to run for the seat held by incumbent Evan Bayh in the 2010 United States Senate election.<ref>{{cite web
 |author=Ryan Elijah 
 |title=Dan Coats Confirms Bid for U.S. Senate 
 |publisher=Indiana's NewsCenter 
 |url=http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/84004092.html 
 |date=February 10, 2010 
 |access-date=February 10, 2010 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212133237/http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/84004092.html 
 |archive-date=February 12, 2010 
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://heraldargus.com/articles/2010/03/23/news/local/doc4ba84238e639b605010529.txt|title=Dan Coats outlines his priorities|last=Flynn, Bridget|date=March 23, 2010|publisher=Herald Argus|access-date=April 1, 2010|archive-date=April 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419225234/http://heraldargus.com/articles/2010/03/23/news/local/doc4ba84238e639b605010529.txt|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bayh had made no previous announcements and was fully expected to run for another term, but after Coats announced his candidacy, Bayh announced his retirement on February 15, 2010. On May 4, 2010, Coats won the Republican primary over State Senator [[Marlin Stutzman]] and former U.S. Representative [[John Hostettler]].<ref name=primary>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/2010/maps/#/Senate/2010/IN |title=The 2010 Results Maps |publisher=Politico.Com |access-date=July 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/senate-republicans-get-their-m.html?wprss=thefix|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716181728/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/senate-republicans-get-their-m.html?wprss=thefix|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2012|title=Coats, Fisher win; NC-Senate to runoff|first=Chris |last=Cillizza|newspaper=Washington Post|date=May 4, 2010|access-date=May 9, 2010}}</ref>

Coats defeated Democratic U.S. Representative [[Brad Ellsworth]] by a 15-point margin to return to the Senate.<ref name="cnn.com">{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/results/individual/#INS01 | work=CNN | title=State Results - Election Center 2010 - Elections & Politics from CNN.com}}</ref>

Coats became the senior senator from Indiana after [[Richard Lugar]] lost a challenge in the 2012 Republican primary election and subsequently was not re-elected to the Senate in 2012. Coats served the remainder of his term with Democrat [[Joe Donnelly]].