Next year will be the last year for longtime Indiana Sen. Dan Coats.

Coats announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election to the Senate.

"While I believe I am well-positioned to run a successful campaign for another six-year term, I have concluded that the time has come to pass this demanding job to the next generation of leaders," Coats said in a press release. "Until the end of my Senate term, I pledge to my constituents that I will continue to focus all of my time and energy on the major challenges that Hoosiers sent me to Washington to address."

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