Dan Coats Republican- Indiana 

Recap 

- One April 1st Dan Coats announced that he will not be returning to the senate. According to Daily Kos Elections Eric Holcomb is running for Coats' senate seat. This site also mentions how "Holcomb has close ties to influential state Republicans, including former Gov. Mitch Daniels, and he should be able to easily raise the money he'll need to win here." At this time the democrats have no official candidate.

DW-Nominate Score

 Conservative or Liberal?

- Receive a 0 you are a moderate

- Receive a -1 you are liberal

-Receive a 1 you are a conservative 

These DW-Nominate Scores were recorded from the 113th Congress. Senate_113 Ranking Order
Coats DW-Nominate Score: 0.370 (same score he received while serving in the 104th Congress:1995-1997)
Donnelly's  DW-Nominate Score: -0.125 
      - Joe Donnelly is the democratic senator from Indiana 

ADA- Americans For Democratic Action

- Coast ADA is a 10% 

Party Voting

Dan Coats is a loyal republican polling at a 93% party voting record, one of the highest in the party behind those such as Thune and Paul. Out of the 86 bills Coats has cosponsored, in 2013, only 24% of the bills were introduced by a member not of the republican party.GovTrack.us The Washington Post has a chart displaying some key issues that Coats has voted against his party for. Such votes include a Farm Bill and a Gun Privacy Bill, both issues that if passed would be favorable to his constituency.

Dan Coats' Interests

Dan Coats received a 100% rating from Campaign For Working Families. Coats constantly speak out on how he has and still hopes to make jobs within his states. This is a major issue that Coats has put on his main agenda since reentering the senate in 2010. Coats also received a rating of 86% from Financing and Banking. This ranking comes as no surprise as Bank of American was on of Coats' biggest contributors to his campaign in 2010 and is still a major interest group for the senator. Vote Smart

Coats vs. Obama

Coats and Obama have a very love hate relationship, if you take out the love part. Coats is constantly speaking out against actions Obama has done, will be doing, or is working on. Coats, supported by senator Rubio, challenged Obama and his power to ‘unilaterally’ lift Cuba sanction.The Washington Times Coats Facebook page is also littered with articles of how he does not support the president and how basically any other actions than that of which the president is taking would be better.