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As of June 30, 2006, Hostettler had raised $287,000 and had $195,000 on hand, compared to Ellsworth's $1,036,000 raised and $676,000 on hand. However, Hostettler had won several campaigns against opponents with more funding than him. In addition, the National Republican Congressional Committee had spent $163,000 in his district as of mid-July 2006. (The DCCC, its counterpart, had spent $166,000 for Ellsworth as of that date.) [11] [12]

The Cook Political Report, an independent non-partisan newsletter, listed the race as a toss-up as of mid-August. [13] As of early September, the Rothenberg Political Report called Hostettler one of the three most endangered House incumbents in the country; Chris Cillizza, political analyst for The Washington Post , ranked Hostettler as the most vulnerable House incumbent in the nation; and Robert D. Novak, a syndicated columnist and editor of the Evans-Novak Political Report, also rated Hostettler's seat a likely win for Ellsworth. [14]

In mid-October, an opinion poll commissioned by the Evansville Courier & Press showed Ellsworth leading Hostettler, 55% to 32%. [15]

Hostettler debated Ellsworth on October 23, 2006. The debate was at public television station WVUT at Vincennes University, and involved the League of Women Voters. [16]

Ellsworth won a landslide victory on November 7, 2006. He took 61% of the vote to Hostettler's 39%, which was by far the largest defeat for a House incumbent in the 2006 election. The seat was the first of 30 to flip from Republican to Democratic in the 2006 cycle.

2008

Two years later, on November 4, 2008, Ellsworth won reelection, easily defeating Republican candidate Greg Goode 65% to 35%.

2010 U.S. Senate campaign

On February 19, 2010, Ellsworth announced his candidacy in the 2010 U.S. Senate election for the seat in the United States Senate held by Democrat Evan Bayh, who was retiring. [17] Since Bayh made his announcement the day before the deadline for filing for the primary, no Democrat was able to gather a sufficient number of signatures to qualify for the primary ballot, forcing the Democratic state committee to choose the Senate nominee. [18] [19] Ultimately, the committee chose Ellsworth.

He was defeated in the November election by Dan Coats, who had previously held the seat from 1989 to 1999, taking 40 percent of the vote. Ellsworth even lost his own congressional district; he carried Vigo County (home to Terre Haute) but failed to carry his home county of Vanderburgh. [20] State representative Trent Van Haaften replaced Ellsworth on the ballot for the 8th, but lost to Republican Larry Bucshon with only 37 percent of the vote. The Democrats have crossed the 40 percent mark in the district only once since Ellsworth left office.

Following his defeat, Ellsworth joined Evansville-based Vectren Corporation as president of its southern Indiana gas and electric utility division. [21]

Electoral history

Brad Ellsworth
Brad Ellsworth, official 110th Congress photo.jpg
Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from Indiana's 8th district
In office
January 3, 2007 –January 3, 2011
United States House of Representatives General Election, 2006
Indiana's 8th congressional district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Brad Ellsworth131,01961.0%
Republican John Hostettler (incumbent)83,70439.0%
Turnout 214,72346%
Democratic gain from Republican Swing
United States House of Representatives General Election, 2008
Indiana's 8th congressional district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Brad Ellsworth (incumbent)188,69364.7%+3.7%
Republican Greg Goode 102,76935.3%
Turnout 291,46260%
Democratic hold Swing
United States Senate General election results, 2010
Indiana's Class III Senate Seat [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Dan Coats952,11654.60%+17.37%
Democratic Brad Ellsworth697,77540.01%−21.64%
Libertarian Rebecca Sink-Burris94,3305.39%+4.27%
Majority254,34114.58%
Total votes1,743,921 100
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

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  2. ↑ Rothstein, Betsy (2007-08-01). "50 Most Beautiful fallout: Rep. Ellsworth's mom questions her son's placement on list". The Hill . Retrieved 2010-07-12.
  3. ↑ "Rose-Hulman Class of 2008 Encouraged to Help Make a Difference". 24 May 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
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  5. ↑ "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 70". Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. 2009-02-13.
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