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Dem candidate says GOP pick shows divisive focus
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Democrat John Gregg's campaign says Republican Mike Pence and his pick for a lieutenant governor running mate share a focus on a divisive social agenda. Pence announced Monday that first-term state Rep. Sue Ellspermann would...Tags: Mike Pence, Republican Party, Politics, Planned Parenthood, Elections
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Mourdock: Reports of tea party's death exaggerated
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tea party activists rallied behind Senate candidate Richard Mourdock on Saturday as he drew closer to a possible upset over six-term incumbent Dick Lugar in the GOP primary. A few hundred people gathered in downtown Indianapolis...
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Tea party takes behind-the-scenes role in Indiana
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The tea party is alive and well in Indiana's congressional races, but voters may not notice it at the polls Tuesday. Two years after gaining footing in Indiana with rallies that attracted large crowds but mixed Election...Tags: Mike Pence, Joe Donnelly, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Politics
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Obama praises Lugar's career after primary loss
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expressing deep appreciation for what he calls Indiana Republican Richard Lugar's distinguished service in the Senate. Lugar lost a primary challenge to a tea party-backed candidate Tuesday. Obama says...
Tags: Washington, DC, White House, Richard Lugar
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Lugar loses Indiana GOP primary to tea party rival
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar was ousted Tuesday by a tea party-backed challenger in Indiana's Republican primary, abruptly ending the nearly four-decade career of a popular politician who built a reputation as a diplomat but whose...
Tags: Joe Donnelly, Republican Party, Jim Webb, Primaries, Politics
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Ballot switchers an unlikely factor in Lugar race
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — As Indiana conservatives line up behind tea party-backed state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, Sen. Richard Lugar needs all the moderate voters he can get if he's to win a seventh term in what's been the toughest election battle of...
Tags: Republican Party, Democratic Party, Rush Limbaugh, Primaries, Politics
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GOP rival hopes to end Indiana Sen. Lugar's career
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Richard Lugar has shown through a lengthy Senate career that he can broker compromises on international and domestic issues, and avoid the acrimony that often brings Washington to a halt. It's those qualities that may...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Mitch Daniels, Politics
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Lugar struggles to paint tea party opponent
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Timing is everything, especially in a political campaign. Come out negative too early and you can turn off voters. Wait too long to try to brand your opponent and you may find it hard to get your message across. That seems to be...
Tags: Sarah Palin, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Mitch Daniels, Politics
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Lugar makes final push as primary nears
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar has be-come an Indiana political icon during the past four decades. As Indianapolis mayor from 1968 to '76, then as a senator since 1977, Lugar has built a reputation as a skilled legislator and states-man whom...Tags: U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, Joe Donnelly, Democratic Party, Republican Party
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Lugar, Mourdock react to poll that gives Mourdock 10-point lead
WSBT TV ReporterBoth Republican candidates reacted Friday to a possible upset in the making in Indiana's biggest Primary race. A new Howey Politics/DePauw University poll shows six-term incumbent Sen. Richard Lugar well behind his challenger in the U.S. Senate race....Tags: U.S. Senate, Primaries, Politics, Elections, Richard Lugar
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Governor signs bill on residents resisting police
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said Wednesday that he shares police groups' concerns that some people might misinterpret a new law that lays out when residents could be legally justified in using force against police officers....Tags: U.S. Senate, Politics, Judges, Justice System, Regional Authority
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Indiana photographer wants Mourdock 'Hunk' photo down
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A photograph showing Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar's primary opponent wearing coveralls and wielding an ax is drawing fire from the photographer who took the image, who says the Lugar campaign is using it in campaign attacks without...Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Politics, The Associated Press, Health
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