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ELECTIONS 2016: For latest results, see DentonRC.com
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Vol. 113, No. 99 / 24 pages, 3 sections
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
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Denton, Texas
Lake Dallas’ next mayor is Barnhart/4A ■ Republicans prevail in local races/4A ■ GOP keeps hold of House/9A
A long, long night
The polls were wrong: Trump leads at midnight, Clinton
lags
By Julie Pace and Robert Furlow
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump
moved within reach of the White House
Tuesday night, capturing crucial victo-
ries over Hillary Clinton in Florida,
Ohio and North Carolina, a remarkable
show of strength in an unexpectedly
tight race for the presidency.
Trump also battled for a break-
through in the upper Midwest, a region
that reliably backed Democrats in pres-
idential elections for three decades. His
victories left Clinton with a perilously
narrow path and no margin for error in
battleground states where votes were
still being counted.
As the race lurched past midnight,
neither candidate had cleared the 270
Electoral College votes needed to win
the White House. Trump stood at 244
to Clinton’s 215.
The uncertainty sent Dow Jones fu-
tures and Asian markets tumbling, re-
flecting investor alarm over what a
Trump presidency might mean for the
economy and global trade.
As Clinton’s team anxiously waited
for results to roll in, the candidate
tweeted to supporters, “Whatever hap-
pens tonight, thank you for everything.”
Clinton, a fixture in American politics
for decades, was hoping to become the
first woman to serve as commander in
chief. Her race against Trump, a celebrity
businessman with no political experi-
ence, was among the nastiest in recent
memory, exposing and deepening the na-
tion’s economic and racial divides.
Exit polls underscored the deep divi-
sions that have defined the 2016 con-
test. Women nationwide supported
Clinton by a double-digit margin, while
EDITOR’S NOTE
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We regret bringing
you incomplete
national election
results. A tight
contest between
Donald Trump and
Hillary Clinton was
still playing out
when our deadline
forced us to start
printing the news-
paper shortly after
midnight. Goto
DentonRC.com for
the latest results.
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Presidential candi-
dates cast their bal-
lots Tuesday: At far
left, Republican Don-
ald Trump fills out his
ballot Tuesday in New
York; at left, Demo-
crat Hillary Clinton
smiles as she votes in
Chappaqua, N.Y.
Mandel Ngan, AFP/Getty Images
Andrew Harnik/AP
men were significantly more likely to set, he could well find himself govem-
back Trump. More than half of white ing with a Congress fully under Repub-
voters backed the Republican, while lican control. Democrats’ path to retak-
nearly 9 in 10 blacks and two-thirds of ingthe Senate majority narrowed as the
Hispanics voted for the Democrat.
also extended their grip on the House.
Democrats, as well as some Repub-
licans, expected Trump’s unconvention-
al candidacy would damage down-bal-
lot races and even flip some reliably red
states in the presidential race. But
Trump held on to Republican territory,
including in Georgia and Utah, where
Clinton’s campaign confidently invest-
ed resources.
GOP held onto key seats in North Caro-
If Trump pulls off the stunning up- lina, Indiana and Florida. Republicans
See PRESIDENT on 7A
Murphree takes up badge
Mix-up ruffles some
paper ballot voters
cincts late Tuesday
showing Murphree
with 80 percent of
the vote, he reflect-
ed on an arduous
position in January.
The former Texas Ranger de-
feated incumbent Sheriff Will Tra-
vis in the March primary race for
the Republican nomination. That
win followed months of heated
campaigning and cemented Mur-
phree’s place as the favorite to take
the top county law enforcement posi-
tion.
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Former Texas Ranger
defeats Libertarian to
become new sheriff
Some county voting
sites’ scanners were
set to wrong mode
campaign season.
“It’s been a long
year and a half, and
it’s been very taxing
for my family,” said Murphree, a wid-
owed father of four. “It’s a relief to fi-
nally be here, and I’m ready to go to
work.”
By Julian Gill
Staff Writer
jgill @ dentonrc. com
Tracy Murphree is the new Den-
ton County sheriff after soundly de-
feating his Libertarian opponent,
Randy Butler, on Tuesday.
With results from 124 of 158 pre-
Murphree
Butler, a 47-year-old manager at a
company that sells coal combustion
By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe
Staff Writer
pheinkel-wolfe @ dentonrc.com
Voter anxiety was palpable in Denton
County on Tuesday, primed by presiden-
tial campaign vitriol and compounded
locally by the failure of some election
equipment.
Voters in affected precincts were re-
luctant to leave their paper ballots in a
secure storage box, wondering whether
their ballot was ripe for tampering. The
possibility of vigilante “poll watchers”
spurred many people to vote early, while
others used the buddy system to walk to
their voting location on Tuesday. Voters
weren’t always reassured by police pres-
ence, either. And with many schools
serving as election sites, a few parents
opted to keep their children home from
school Tuesday.
Cynthia Koiner told the Denton Re-
Murphree will officially take the
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U.S. Rep.
Michael Bur-
gess, left,
who was
re-elected to
his 26th Dis-
trict spot,
talks with
Lynn Stucky,
chosen to
represent
District 64 in
the state
House, during
a Republican
gathering
Tuesday
night in Den-
ton.
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County elections staff wait for bal-
lots to come in while watching na-
tional results on TV on Tuesday
night at the Denton County Elections
Administration Building.
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cord-Chronicle that she wasn’t the only
voter in far northwestern Denton Coun-
ty on Tuesday morning who followed the
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Stucky wins District 64 seat
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Argyle’s firepower was on
point when it mattered in
a 25-17, 25-20, 25-16
sweep of Melissa.
group of volunteers.
“I’m very appreciative of the num-
ber of people who still believe in me
after knowing me for close to 30
years,” said Stucky who is 58.
“[Crownover] did a good job — and
I’m not knocking her in any way
hut I’m going to represent with my
own forte and my own flavor. And it’s
going to be different than anybody
District 64 is in Denton County
and includes the cities of Krum, Den-
ton, Corinth, Lake Dallas, Hickory
Creek and Shady Shores. Crownover
announced in 2015 she would retire
after holding the position for 16 years.
As vote totals rolled in Tuesday
night, Stucky celebrated his early
lead with fellow GOP candidates at
Luigi’s Italian Restaurant. He at-
tributed the win to his relationships
with local residents and his loyal
By Julian Gill
Staff Writer
jgill @ dentonrc. com
Sanger veterinarian Lynn Stucky
defeated 22-year-old Democrat Con-
nor Flanagan on Tuesday and will go
on to replace state Rep. Myra Crow-
nover for the Texas House District 64
seat.
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OPINION
With almost all precincts report-
ing by late Tuesday, Stucky had gar-
nered 62 percent of the vote.
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