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Lugar loses Ind. GOP primary to tea party rival
U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar has lost to a tea party-backed challenger in Indiana’s Republican primary, ending a storied political career that spanned nearly four decades. Tea party-backed state Treasurer Richard Mourdock won the Republican nomination...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Republican Party, Joe Donnelly, Politics, Elections
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Donnelly ready for Mourdock
South Bend TribuneSo far, the focus in this year's U.S. Senate race in Indiana has been almost entirely on the Republican primary between incumbent Sen. Richard Lugar and state Treasurer Richard Mourdock. U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly, the Democratic Senate candidate who didn'...Tags: Brad Ellsworth, Republican Party, Joe Donnelly, Politics, General Motors Corp.
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ANALYSIS: Primaries reflect conservative enthusiasm for 2012
WASHINGTON (AP)— In a show of conservative enthusiasm, a tea-party backed Republican vanquished six-term Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar in a GOP primary and North Carolina voters decided overwhelmingly to strengthen their state’s gay marriage ban....
Tags: Republican Party, Social Issues, Parties and Movements, Civil Rights, Joe Biden
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Mourdock, Donnelly begin squaring off ahead of November election
It was the end of an era in Indiana politics. The concession speech from Senator Richard Lugar on May 8 was an emotional one. His tenure in office will not see another term. The debate as to who should take over his U.S. Senate seat has already begun....
Tags: Mitch Daniels, Republican Party, Joe Donnelly, Politics, Elections
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The defeat of a man of reason
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- Tea party advocates in Indiana are congratulating themselves on the Republican primary victory of one of their own, Richard Mourdock, over six-term Senate veteran Richard Lugar. But the rest of the country should be mourning the departure of...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Labor Legislation, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Illegal Immigrants
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Dick Lugar's warning for America
The hit men of the tea party can carve another notch in their collective gun belts this week with the ouster of Indiana Sen. Richard G. Lugar, a 35-year veteran of the U.S. Senate. Whatever mojo the conservative firebrands had in the 2010 GOP primaries,...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Bill Clinton, Jim Webb, Republican Party, Parties and Movements
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Reports of the tea party's demise are premature: Just ask Senator Lugar
The tea party's waning impact on the country's politics has been continuously reported since the movement's success in the 2010 elections. Well, the tea party has not gone away. In Indiana's primary election May 8, liberal Republican Senator Richard Lugar...Tags: U.S. Senate, Tea Party Movement, Republican Party, Politics, Elections
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Memo to the GOP: Not everyone is a conservative
As the four surviving Republican presidential aspirants fight over which of them is the "true" conservative, are any of them aware that millions of moderates and, yes, quite a few liberals will also be voting in November?
The views emanating from the...Tags: U.S. Senate, Tea Party Movement, Rick Santorum, Republican Party, Sociology
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First poll shows tie in U.S. Senate race
The first poll in the race for U.S. Senate was released Monday. The poll, released by Global Strategy Group, showed Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-District 2) tied with Republican State Treasurer Richard Mourdock. Both had 40 percent of the vote, with 20...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Joe Donnelly, Politics, Elections
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The tea party's war on common sense
Tea party advocates in Indiana are congratulating themselves on the Republican primary victory of one of their own, Richard Mourdock, over six-term Senate veteran Richard Lugar. But the rest of the country should be mourning the departure of the epitome...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Joe Biden
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Analyst: Pence will survive residency questions
While Mike Pence has become the latest target of residency questions, one political analyst believes he will survive it. The question of where a candidate lives and whether he/she has lost touch with constituents has been popping up in key races this...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, Democratic Party, Elections
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Our politics is a mess, but only one party is the cause
Leonard PittsAnd another one bites the dust. But Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar did not go quietly. After last week's defeat in the GOP primary, the veteran legislator issued a remarkable statement warning of the dangers of continued partisanship. Lugar, a conservative...Tags: Public Finance, Republican Party, National Government, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party
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