Richard Mourdock

Richard Mourdock
53rd Treasurer of Indiana
In office
February 10, 2007 – August 29, 2014
GovernorMitch Daniels
Mike Pence
Preceded byTim Berry
Succeeded byKelly Mitchell
Personal details
Born
Richard Earl Mourdock

(1951-10-08) October 8, 1951 (age 72)
Wauseon, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMarilyn Mourdock
EducationDefiance College (BS)
Ball State University (MS)

Richard Earl Mourdock (born October 8, 1951) is an American politician who served as treasurer of the state of Indiana from 2007 to 2014.[1][2][3] Running with the support of the Tea Party movement, he defeated six-term incumbent U.S. Senator Richard Lugar in the May 2012 Republican primary election for U.S. Senate. He lost the November 6, 2012 general election for Lugar's seat to Democratic congressman Joe Donnelly.[4][5]

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