Six term Republican Richard Lugar was defeated tonight by tea party favorite Richard Mourdock.
Richard Lugar, the longest-serving Republican in the US Senate, pictured here in 2010, faces the toughest re-election battle of his 36-year career Tuesday in Indiana, where voters may oust him in favor of a more conservative candidate. (AFP Photo/Win Mcnamee)
NBC Politics reported:
NBC News has declared Richard Mourdock as the projected winner in the Indiana Senate primary. Mourdock defeated six-term Republican foreign policy elder statesman Sen. Richard Lugar.
Here is the Secretary of State’s website following the race.
