Story by Emily Williams, Contributing writer State-by-state election results show Donald Trump won Kentucky as a whole by 63 percent of the votes in the state. Trump also took Calloway County, receiving 10,367 votes compared to Clinton’s 4,749. Members of the Calloway County Republican Party gathered to watch as the election results came in on Read More
Story by Matthew Parks, Staff writer The first presidential debate took place Monday night as Murray State students watched in a showing hosted by the Political Science and Sociology Department. Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump squared off against each other in their first face-to-face encounter this election cycle, and the Barkley Read More
The fine (chalk) line between freedom of speech and vandalizing campus Story by Taylor Inman, Staff writer Presidential candidate Donald Trump has hit home for some students at Murray State, as several chalkings supporting Trump popped up on sidewalks and even on the side of Wells Hall on Friday. The writings went from being free speech to vandalism, Read More
How do the Racers feel about the presidential candidates? Story by Nick Erickson, Staff writer With the Kentucky Republican caucus over and the 2016 presidential election well on the way, politics have been seemingly everywhere lately. Murray State students are diverse in many ways, including their political standpoints and opinions on candidates. Last week, students shared their Read More
Story by Mikayla Marshall, Staff writer and Ashley Traylor, Staff writer Republican presidential candidate and front-runner Donald Trump won Kentucky with 35.9 percent of the votes Saturday in the Republican presidential caucus. However, he fell behind Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, 37.26 percent to Trump’s 26.89 percent in Calloway County. Party leaders wanted to give Kentucky Republicans more influence on Read More