Spring Mill State Park -- U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar rolled out his Senate reelection effort while speaking in Lawrence County on Friday, April 22, 2005. In the remarks to the County Lincoln Day Dinner crowd, Lugar said, "I want to tell my friends in Lawrence County I will be a candidate for the Republican nomination," in 2006
Prior to the announcement at Spring Mill State Park, Lugar had already set up a campaign headquarters at the Indiana Republican Party offices in Indianapolis, and had hired a campaign manager and political director to compliment his existing staff.
Lugar ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1996 on a platform of prosperity, national security and integrity. His 2006 Senate Campaign Website can be reached at both lugarcamp.com and lugar2006.com.
