Dick Lugar is an unwavering advocate of U.S. leadership in the world, strong national security, free-trade and economic growth.  This fifth generation Hoosier is the U.S. Senate's most senior Republican and longest serving U.S. Senator in Indiana history.

He is the Republican leader of the Foreign Relations Committee and a member and former chairman of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1976 and won a sixth term in 2006 with 87 percent of the vote, his fourth consecutive victory by a two-thirds majority.