NEW : Chris Chocola , President of the Club for Growth , used the win as a warning to other Republicans who did n't toe the conservative line . `` Richard Mourdock 's victory truly sends a message to the liberals in the Republican Party : voters are rejecting the policies that led to record debt and diminished economic freedom , and they will continue to be rejected in elections throughout America , '' Chocola said in a written statement . Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts calls Lugar 's loss `` a tragedy for the Senate '' and his family. The Senate fight pitted moderate Republicans against the more conservative wing of the party . If Dick Lugar `` was running for something to do with foreign policy , I 'd be all over it , '' Mourdock voter says .
NEW : Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts calls Lugar 's loss `` a tragedy for the Senate '' and his family. The Senate fight pitted moderate Republicans against the more conservative wing of the party . If Dick Lugar `` was running for something to do with foreign policy , I 'd be all over it , '' Mourdock voter says .