Evan Bayh's extremely lucrative post-Senate career

How lucrative is it to be a former member of Congress? Just ask Indiana Democratic Senate candidate Evan Bayh, who in just six years after leaving the Senate in 2011 built as much as $40 million in wealth — mostly from K Street lobbying firms and corporate board positions he never would have had except that he’s a former senator and governor.

Bayh’s net worth increased dramatically after he left Congress. While in the Senate, Bayh and his wife Susan reported between $2.1 million and $7.7 million in assets. In the six years since Bayh left the Senate, those assets increased to between $13.9 million and $48 million. So his wealth has increased by anywhere between double and 20 times what it was just a few years ago.