Ind. treasurer to take on Sen. Lugar for GOP nod

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana's tea party-backed state treasurer says he will challenge six-term U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar in next year's Republican Party primary.

Richard Mourdock said at a news conference Tuesday that he appreciates Lugar's decades of service to the state but feels Lugar has lost touch with the needs of Indiana's Republican Party base.

Lugar is among a handful of Republican senators who have drawn the ire of the tea party movement for siding with President Barack Obama and the Democrats on certain issues.

Lugar says he has been preparing for such a challenge since last summer.

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