to the Senate. Coats became the senior senator from Indiana after Richard Lugar lost a challenge in the 2012 Republican primary election and subsequently was not re-elected to the Senate in 2012. Coats served the remainder of his term with Democrat Joe Donnelly. Electoral history Personal life He is married to Marsha Coats, Indiana's woman representative to the Republican National Committee. He received the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America's Charles G. Berwind Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. In 2015, Coats received the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Advancing American Democracy Award. Coats is described as a "die-hard Chicago Cubs fan". He and Marsha Coats went to a Cubs game the day after their wedding. See also Electoral history of Dan Coats Notes References External links Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats Vice President Pence Participates in a Swearing-in Ceremony for Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, March 16, 2017, White House |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1943 births Living people 21st-century American politicians Ambassadors of the United States to Germany American lobbyists American people of English descent American people of German descent American people of Swedish descent American Presbyterians Indiana lawyers Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law alumni Military personnel from Michigan Politicians from Jackson, Michigan Republican Party United States senators from Indiana Trump administration cabinet members United States Army non-commissioned officers United States congressional aides United States Directors of National Intelligence Wheaton College (Illinois) alumni 21st-century American diplomats Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana