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Lugar-challenger Mourdock endorsed by Mark Levin

By Joel Gehrke
Published August 12, 2011 4:00am ET
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Lugar-challenger Mourdock endorsed by Mark Levin
During his show yesterday, talk-radio host Mark Levin endorsed State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, R-Ind., in his primary against incumbent Republican Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. Levin said that Lugar “doesn’t even pretend to be conservative.” Mourdock, by contrast, appeals to Levin as someone who is “principled and . . . willing to fight.” The Mourdock campaign […]

During his show yesterday, talk-radio host Mark Levin endorsed State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, R-Ind., in his primary against incumbent Republican Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. Levin said that Lugar “doesn’t even pretend to be conservative.” Mourdock, by contrast, appeals to Levin as someone who is “principled and . . . willing to fight.”

The Mourdock campaign released a statement on the endorsement this morning:

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