Early returns shortly after polls closed in Allen and Hamilton counties, the No. 3 and 4 most-populated counties in Indiana, showed Democrat Beau Bayh will more than 60% of the vote.
The four candidates were Max Engling, a Republican; Beau Bayh, a Democrat; Lauri Shillings, a Libertarian; and Greg Ballard, a Lincoln Party candidate. The winner will serve as the state’s chief election officer.
With 10.3% of Indiana votes counted at 6:54 p.m., Bayh led with 119,104 votes. Engling had 85,926; Ballard, 7,829; and Shillings, 3,208…