The 2010 TIME 100 Poll

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators and icons who you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed, with Mir-Hossein Mousavi having won the honor, users can continue to vote for their favorites until the list is revealed on Thursday, April 29th

2010 Candidates

Evan Bayh

By TIME StaffThursday, Apr. 01, 2010
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Age: 54
Occupation: U.S. Senator
Previous TIME 100 Appearances: 0

Bayh, a centrist Democrat from Indiana who was a short-list candidate to fill out the Obama ticket, announced in February that he would retire from the Senate this year, citing the chamber's ceaseless partisanship. His departure underscored a frustration felt by many legislators and leaves the party scrambling to hold his seat.

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