By Chad Pergram, Cristina Marcos, FoxNews
Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN) lost a primary battle Tuesday to tea arty challenger and Indiana state treasurer Richard Mourdock for the seat he has held since 1977.
Lugar’s defeat makes him the first and likely …
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Indiana: New Independent Poll Gives Richard Mourdock a 10-Point Lead
By Shira Toeplitz , Roll Call
Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) trailed his primary opponent by 10 points in a new independent poll released today.
In what will likely be the final independent survey released before Tuesday’s GOP primary, state Treasurer Richard Mourdock …
Joe Donnelly looks past Richard Lugar to Richard Mourdock
By DAVID CATANESE | Politico
INDIANAPOLIS — Rep. Joe Donnelly thinks he already knows who his general election opponent is.
And it’s not Dick Lugar.
The presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate devoted much of his …
Republican conservatives in Indiana gunning for Lugar
By Paige Winfield Cunningham-The Washington Times
Tea party sympathizers continue shelling Sen. Richard G. Lugar of Indiana as they work to defeat him in next week’s primary, which is shaping up as the premiere chance for the political movement to capture a …
McCain, Palin take opposite sides in Indiana race
By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY
John McCain and Sarah Palin are taking opposite sides in the Indiana Senate primary fight.
Palin today endorsed state Treasurer Richard Mourdock over veteran Sen. Richard Lugar, giving the GOP challenger some big-name backing ahead of the …
IN: Lugar, Mourdock placing faith in their attack ads
By TOM LoBIANCO The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — One of Indiana’s most expensive Senate primaries is being fought on the airwaves because negative advertising works.
The grim visage of hawk-nosed Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock, the slightly glazed look from U.S. Sen. Richard …
Indiana election chief guilty of voter fraud
By ASSOCIATED PRESS | Politico
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s top elections official could lose his job and his freedom after jurors convicted him of multiple voter fraud-related charges on Saturday, leaving in flux the fate of one of the state’s most …
Indiana Democrats Choose Rival for Larry Bucshon
By Shira Toeplitz, Roll Call Staff
Democratic officials picked former state Rep. Dave Crooks (D-Ind.) to face freshman Rep. Larry Bucshon (R) next year, according to local reports.
Democrats backed Crooks over Patrick Scates, a former staffer for ex-Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D), in a rare …
Indiana College Bans National Anthem At Sporting Events
By Noel Sheppard, NewsBusters.org
The Star-Spangled Banner may yet wave over Goshen College in Indiana, but no one’s going to be singing about it.
The Mennonite campus is dropping the national anthem in favor of “America the Beautiful” before …
Many states celebrate surpluses as Congress struggles with debt
By Ben Wolfgang-The Washington Times
As Washington stares at rising national debt and projected deficits for years to come, many states are faced with the opposite problem: whether to spend their budget surpluses and, if so, on what.
At least a dozen …
