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INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock filed the required paperwork  with the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office to officially be placed on the 2012 Republican Primary Election ballot for the U.S. Senate. Treasurer Mourdock also submitted the required ballot petition signed by over 13,000 Hoosier voters.

“Having over 13,000 registered Hoosier voters indicating they are ready for Senator Dick Lugar to defend his 36 year voting record in the U.S. Senate, speaks volumes about the political mood in Indiana,” stated Treasurer Mourdock. “Republican primary voters are tired of the Washington, DC, mentality of ‘going-along-to-get-along’ and want new leadership in the U.S. Senate committed to true conservative values.”

In Indiana, a candidate for the U.S. Senate must collect 500 signatures from registered voters in each of the state’s nine congressional districts to appear on the Primary Election ballot in May.

The 2012 deadline for all signatures to be submitted to the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office is Friday, February 10, at 12 noon.

“This is now a two man race with Senator Lugar, and I look forward to debating the issues with him.

“Given the poor shape of our nation’s economy and the federal government’s inability to control spending, Hoosier Republicans are focused on issues like the debt ceiling, wasteful earmark spending, government bailouts, and the costs associated with illegal immigration.

“As ‘Obama’s favorite Republican,’ Dick Lugar is out of touch with Hoosiers on these critical issues after 36 years in Washington. It’s what causes him to cast one liberal vote after another, the most recent being his vote against a permanent ban on earmark spending,” stated Treasurer Mourdock.