INDIANAPOLIS -- Beau Bayh, a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps and a member of the Bayh family, has announced his campaign for the Indiana Secretary of State.

Beau Bayh, the grandson of former Indiana Senator Birch Bayh and the son of Evan Bayh, Indiana's 46th Governor, announced his Democratic campaign for the state position on Monday. Beau Bayh will challenge Republican incumbent Diego Morales for the position.

According to previous reports, Morales launched his reelection campaign in May, stating at the time that there was "still so much more to do."

According to a news release from Beau Bayh's campaign, he is a seventh-generation Hoosier who served as a law clerk in Bloomington. Beau Bayh currently works in Indianapolis as an attorney.

"I’m running for Secretary of State to fix a co

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