In Indiana, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette notes that Dan Coats continues to dominate Nancy Pelosi’s liberal deputy Brad Ellsworth:

The decision by Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., to retire after 12 years in office created an open seat that now favors Republican Dan Coats over Democrat Brad Ellsworth, according to Gonzales and Charlie Cook, publisher of the non-partisan Cook Political Report. Cook labels Indiana’s Senate race “lean Republican” and says the state is one of several that’s likely to elect a Republican to replace a Democrat… “Coats is a Republican in a conservative state,” Gonzales said. “Ellsworth looks good on paper, but he only represents a very small portion of the state (as a House member). He’s not well known outside the Evansville media market. People who don’t know him think of him as a Democrat, and that’s not good for him.”