Indiana Historian Eyes Post-Lugar Landscape

Newswise — Richard Mourdock’s defeat of six-term Sen. Richard Lugar in Tuesday’s Republican primary closes an eventful chapter in Indiana history and opens up interesting possibilities for the fall election, says a historian at the University of Indianapolis.

“Few Hoosiers under 40 can remember a time when Richard Lugar didn’t represent them in Washington,” Associate Professor Edward Frantz says. “With his defeat, Indiana has lost all of its experience and seniority in the Senate.”

Frantz is interim director of UIndy’s Institute for Civic Leadership & Mayoral Archives, which is being developed around a four-decade collection of official documents and other materials dating to Lugar’s tenure as mayor of Indianapolis and architect of the Unigov consolidation....