Indiana state Treasurer Richard Mourdock will challenge longtime U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar in next year’s Republican primary.
Mourdock announced his Senate bid during a Tuesday news conference in downtown Indianapolis with about 200 supporters.
Murdock told the gathering he appreciates Lugar’s decades of service to Indiana but said the six-term Republican has lost touch with the state’s needs. Mourdock says he has the support of 67 of Indiana’s 92 county Republican chairmen for his Senate run.