2012 U.S. Senate Campaign Is Setting Up Nicely

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With 51 weeks to go until the 2012 Republican U.S. Senate primary in Indiana, there are now two candidates targeting Sen. Dick Lugar: Republican Treasurer Richard Mourdock and Democrat U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly.

Donnelly entered the race Monday morning with a web video, then told reporters that afternoon that he anticipated a "strong scrap" between Lugar and Mourdock.

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2012 U.S. Senate Campaign Is Setting Up Nicely

As for whether he expected Mourdock to emerge from the GOP primary, Donnelly said, "I'm not a big pundit. I'm not smart enough to know the best pathway to this or that."

Mourdock saw Donnelly's entry as bolstering his candidacy.

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