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Thursday, July 07, 2005
So Much for Dems' Chances at Beating Lugar
Democrats' chances at defeating long time GOP Sen. Dick Lugar in Indiana appear to have moved from slim to none, reports the Associated Press.
Former Democratic Rep. Tim Roemer announced Thursday that he won't challenge Republican Sen. Dick Lugar, who will seek a sixth term next year.
Roemer, who represented a northern Indiana district from 1991 to 2002, said in a statement that he wants instead to spend more time with his wife and four children. Roemer now leads the Center for National Policy, a Washington, D.C., think tank.
Roemer was a member of the commission that investigated the 2001 terrorist attacks, and was the only remaining opponent to Howard Dean to become chairman of the National Democratic Committee before Dean was named to the post in February.
Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was first elected to the Senate in 1976. A victory in 1994 made him the first person in Indiana history to win a fourth term to the Senate. He won his fifth term in 2000 with 67 percent of the vote.
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