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Tennessee redistricting creates GOP advantage

March 9, 2012 Cardinal & Cream

As Republican presi­dential candidates tra­verse the country in their efforts to win the party’s support, legis­lators closer to home are preparing for the November elections by reaching out to new constituents in re­aligned districts.

Tennessee legisla­tors set new boundar­ies for congressional, state House and state Senate districts early in the year, and Gov. Bill Haslam signed the maps into law Jan. 26. The maps passed the GOP-controlled state legislature by a wide margin and would seem to bolster Republican gains, packing Dem­ocratic-leaning pre­cincts into marginalized districts and making GOP-held districts less competitive. […]

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Super Tuesday: Romney leads race

March 8, 2012 Cardinal & Cream

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney solidified his delegate lead with a strong Super Tuesday showing, squeaking past former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) in battleground Ohio to move one step closer to the Republican nomination.

In Tennessee, Santorum captured 37 percent of the vote, garnering 40.86 percent in Madison County. He claimed 22 of Tennessee’s 35 delegates, Romney took eight delegates, and Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, won five. […]

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Tornadoes devastate Midwest: Union students aid in hometown clean-up, relief

March 8, 2012 Cardinal & Cream

When a tornado tore through the small town of Harrisburg, Ill., Feb. 29, four Union students woke up to the news that their hometown had been devastated.
While their daughters were sound asleep in Jackson, the Welborn family was just rising for the day when the tornado hit just before 5 a.m.

The tornado ripped the roof off their home, blew in the windows and turned the garage on its side. The family was unharmed, despite the uninhabitable state of their home.
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