Evan Bayh

Uh, he got endorsed by Lebron and Banks.

And then the Democrat, you've got Bo Bye, who folks know most of all because he's the son of former Senator Evan Bayh.

Um, he's been endorsed by people like Pete Buttigieg and the unions.

He's also a m- a Marine Corps veteran.

So I thought we're firing somebody we like, and he's telling me ahead of time.

But actually, he said, "What would you think about to being United States Marshal?" Senator Bayh had asked him, because Frank Anderson had been under Carter and Clinton, the U.S.

Marshal, to make a recommendation.

I said, "I thought it was planned that I would succeed you.

Yeah

... 'cause they're like, "Oh, that means I want the moderate Democrat I have in my head," like Evan Bayh, and like the moderate Republican I have in my head-

Scott

... like Phil Scott.

One, we're looking at him with a great deal of, of hindsight, right? And we forget the context around that hindsight, because even as president, by being the first, he had a group of people that said he was going to be a one-term president, right? And of course, we had a Democratic House, a Democratic Senate, but even with that Democratic House, we still needed 60 votes.

He was still l- l- living with people like Joe Manchin, et cetera, even white boys on his side, Evan Bayh, et cetera, who were making his life difficult.

That's first.

Second, and this is something that I don't think we give enough credit to, uh, but we also are looking at this through the lens of Donald Trump.

Have you spoken to Schumer? Have you talked to him about how you all might work together?

I was in DC, and I, and, uh, early on I met a number of different senators, Raphael Warnock, uh, Tim Kaine, a number of others.

And when I talked to, to, uh, Chuck Schumer, uh, he said, "So what's, you know, what's the challenge in getting elected in Kansas?" I said, "You." [laughs] You know?

Really?

We had you in the studio a little while back to talk about the Secretary of State primary that was happening.

Of course, now we're through the primary, and now we've got Ballard on with Bayh in England, and just kind of wanted to see what your thoughts are on that race.

That race seems to get, it has a lot of attention on it.

I think Hoosiers are really paying attention to Secretary of State.

The Federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act guarantees absentee registration and ballots for active-duty military, their families, and U.S. citizens living overseas using the last state of legal residence.

After graduating from college, Bayh joined the U.S. Marines.

Under federal law, his legal residence for voting remained in Indiana.

After Captain Bayh was honorably discharged in 2023, he returned to Indiana to earn his law degree.

He has legally been an Indiana resident since his birth in Indianapolis.

It was his right and civic duty to vote in Indiana.