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Lugar unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for United States Senate in 1974, however went on to unseat [[Democrat]] incumbent Vance Hartke in 1976. He has since been reelected five times. Lugar is best known for his work involving [[national security]]. He served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1985-1987 and again from 2003-2007. He co-sponsored the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program act which was an ambitious program to safeguard and dismantle weapons of mass destruction in the former [[Soviet Union]], it has destroyed more than 7,500 nuclear warheads, and funded the removal of all nuclear weapons from [[Ukraine]], [[Belarus]] and [[Kazakhstan]]. He has also been a strong proponent of expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Lugar unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for United States Senate in 1974, however went on to unseat [[Democrat]] incumbent Vance Hartke in 1976. He has since been reelected five times. Lugar is best known for his work involving [[national security]]. He served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1985-1987 and again from 2003-2007. He co-sponsored the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program act which was an ambitious program to safeguard and dismantle weapons of mass destruction in the former [[Soviet Union]], it has destroyed more than 7,500 nuclear warheads, and funded the removal of all nuclear weapons from [[Ukraine]], [[Belarus]] and [[Kazakhstan]]. He has also been a strong proponent of expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

In 2006 he was honored by Time Magazine as one of America’s 10 best Senators. <ref>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1183958,00.html</ref> Richard Lugar is known as a [[moderate Republican]]. He has voted with Democrats on issues such as [[gun control]], [[immigration]], and policy in [[Iraq]]. He was one of the first Senate Republicans to announce support for [[Supreme Court]] nominee [[Sonia Sotomayor]]. <ref>http://cbs4denver.com/politics/sonia.sotomayor.confirmation.2.1089993.html</ref> However, on government spending, [[health care]], [[free trade]] and the [[environment]], Lugar's positions are well within the mainstream of the Republican Party. In the United States Senate he has voted with his Republican colleagues 76.5% of the time. <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/l000504/</ref>

In 2006 he was honored by Time Magazine as one of America’s 10 best Senators. <ref>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1183958,00.html</ref> Richard Lugar is known as a [[moderate Republican]]. He has voted with Democrats on issues such as [[gun control]], [[immigration]], and policy in [[Iraq]]. He was one of the first Senate Republicans to announce support for [[Supreme Court]] nominee [[Sonia Sotomayor]]. <ref>http://cbs4denver.com/politics/sonia.sotomayor.confirmation.2.1089993.html</ref> However, on government spending, [[health care]], [[free trade]] and the [[environment]], Lugar's positions are well within the mainstream of conservatives. In the United States Senate he has voted with his Republican colleagues 76.5% of the time. <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/l000504/</ref>

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