Former Sen. Dan Coats (R) gets most of the press in the Indiana Senate race, as the presumed GOP frontrunner seeks his old seat after 12 years away. But former Rep. John Hostettler (R), who is also running, has outpolled Coats in the first two surveys released since Sen. Evan Bayh's (D) retirement announcement.

The latest comes today from DailyKos/Research 2000, which -- like the Rasmussen survey a week earlier -- finds Hostettler polling 5 points better than Coats against Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D). Hostettler leads Ellsworth by 6 points, while Coats leads by 1 point. He led by 19 points in the Rasmussen poll and Coats led by 14 points.

Hostettler 40
Ellsworth 34
Und 26

Coats 37
Ellsworth 36
Und 27

Check out all the Indiana Senate polling here. This survey was conducted Feb. 22-24 of 600 LV with a margin of error of +/- 4%.

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