Richard Lugar,  Richard Mourdock

IN-Sen: Richard Mourdock Beats Senator Richard Lugar in GOP Primary

Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock has beaten long-time incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Richard Lugar in today’s Republican Primary Election.

Sen. Richard Lugar’s 36-year Senate career is now history.

Lugar was defeated in today’s Republican primary election by Treasurer Richard Mourdock, ending his bid for a seventh term in the U.S. Senate.

It wasn’t even close.

With 70 percent of the vote counted, Mourdock had 60 percent to Lugar’s 40 percent.

Mourdock will face Democrat U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly and Libertarian Andy Horning in the November election.

This is not really a surprise.

Senator Richard Lugar was too old, too establishment, too liberal for Indiana and stayed in office way too long. Indiana voters just wanted somebody else and a Senator who more closely identified with them.

Here is a video highlighting Senator Lugar’s career:

As I have said for months, the handwriting was on the wall, it was time for Lugar to retire.