“My first meeting as a senator, my first day, they were already talking about the next election. Part of that's the permanent campaign, part of that's a word I've been using more frequently, 'tribal.' Our politics has become tribal: It's us versus them.”

American politician

Evan Bayh is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. Born Birch Evans Bayh III, he served as governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997 and as a United States senator for Indiana from 1999 to 2011. He later served on the President's Intelligence Advisory Board under President Joe Biden. His public career has been centered on Indiana and national politics, with work in executive office, the Senate, and advisory service at the federal level.