Evan Beh

Birch Evans "Evan" Bayh III (December 26, 1955 -), American politician, member of the Democratic Party of the United States, served as governor of Indiana (1989-1997), and member of the United States Senate of Indiana (1999-2011). Behe is the son of Senator Birch Behe ​​and the grandson of basketball coach Birch Behe ​​Sr. He was first elected to public office in 1986 as Indiana Secretary of State. After two years in office, he was elected governor. After two terms, he stepped down as secretary of state and briefly taught at Indiana University, Bloomington. In 1998, he was elected to the Senate and was re-elected in 2004. On February 15, 2010, Beh unexpectedly announced that he would not run for re-election to the Senate. After leaving the Senate, where he was succeeded by his predecessor Dan Coats, he became a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of McGuire Woods LLP and served as senior counsel to Apollo Global Management. He served as a part-time contributor to Fox News from March 2011 to July 2016. In June 2011, he became a communications consultant to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. On October 27, 2011, Berry Plastics announced the appointment of Beh as a member of the Board of Directors After 2016 Democratic primary winner Barron Hill dropped out of the race, Beh announced he would run for Senate to take back his former Senate seat from retiring Republican incumbent Dan Coats. He lost the general election to Todd Young by nearly 10 percentage points (52.1% to 42.4%). On June 15, 2022, President Joe Biden appointed Beh to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.