“You now have six-year campaigns for the Senate - you never stop running. It's not uncommon for a member of the Senate to have a fundraising breakfast, a fundraising lunch and a fundraising dinner, and then when the Senate breaks for the week to go home, more fundraisers. And that's driven by the cost of campaigning.”

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.