On Wednesday March 5, the results of student government’s recent election were announced. Zach Eddinger, Chair of the Student Government Board of Elections, opened the announcements. He started by saying, “this was an amazing election cycle,” he shared there was a record-breaking number of voters, reaching around 4,000 voters.

Before getting into the numbers he acknowledged that this election cycle was divisive, calling out the problem he described as, “going after personal agendas, instead of focusing on what the students actually want.” He encouraged candidates to “just be the best person you can be, instead of stabbing each other in the back.”

Breaking Down the Results:

College Races

The first results presented were those of individual colleges.

For the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, six seats were available and only one candidate, Lucy Zhou ran, 21.48% of total voters abstained from voting in this race and as Zhou ran unchallenged she got 100% of the votes.

Next up was the College of Sciences which had six seats available. Three candidates were running Alisha Khan, who received 88.01% of the votes, Zainab Aleem, who received 88.84% and Lalith Nandula, who received 70.08%, with 16% of the total voters abstaining from voting in this race.

For the College of Education, three seats were available and only one candidate, Jimmy Strickland ran, 26.49% of total voters abstained from voting in this race and as Strickland ran unchallenged he got 100% of the votes.

The College of Engineering had ten seats available and nine candidates so each candidate running won, with 9.28% of total voters abstaining. The candidates were Jordan Reid, who received 77.17% of the votes, Aleema Kollu, who received 77.01%, Mordecai Mengesteab, who also got 77.01%, Ariana Byrne, who received 74.22%, RJ Taylor who received 71.26%, Max Wolff, who received 70.93%, Devin Li, who received 69.78%, Paul Lewis who received 65.68% and Judson Avery who received 63.05%.

For the College of Natural Resources three seats were available with five candidates running and 13.63% of total voters abstained. The winning candidates were Ava Dandurand who received 20.07% of the votes, Stephanie Xalocan, who received 16.63% and Joseph Thomas who received 16.63% as well. Jeanne Apperson and Tyler J. Smith, who both served as senators in the 104th session, lost their seats.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences had nine candidates and seven seats. Bella Echiburu received 66.73% of the votes, Shatha Boaj received 58.40%, Vanessa Dixon received 55.69%, Beck Whitehead received 53.70%, Tan Francis received 50.52%, Evie Shackles received 49.54% and Billy Cazzola received 36.52%, 6.62% of the total voters abstained in this race. Chase Fuutrell and Daniel Sielicki failed to earn enough votes.

In the Poole College of Management, six seats were available for four candidates, giving each candidate a win. Ethan Wilson received 88.70% of votes, Isaac Szilagyi received 75.80%, Connor Rohlf received 75.00%, Adrianna Ras received 72.58% and 22.85% of total voters abstained.

For the Wilson College of Textiles, three seats were available to two candidates, Victoria Barret received 92.50% of votes and Saumitra Joshi received 69.15% with 13.06% of total voters abstaining.

For University College, three seats were available with only one candidate, Paul Evans-Robinson running, 35.04% of candidates abstained but as he ran unchallenged Robinson received 100% of the votes.

Graduate and Lifelong Education had twelve seats available for five candidates. Katie Stennette received 82.03% of the votes, Shubham Negi received 81.25%, Jonathan Falso received 72.65%, Brian Carss received 61.71% and Frankie Frink received 60.15% with 13.42% of total voters abstaining.

Campus-Wide Races

In addition to senators and other positions, students also voted on a referendum to change their constitution to increase the number of Student Senate seats from 62-72 to 72-80. They said this referendum was proposed because as NC State’s student population has continued to grow over the past decade, the number of senate seats has not. The Referendum passed with support from 93.27% of voters, 6.81% of voters voted against increasing the number of seats and 14.69% of total voters abstained.

For Student Body Treasurer, Lance Williams received 49.23% of the vote and Jon Carter received 28.80%, Emery Skolfield receiving 22.18%. In this race, 31.72% of total voters abstained and as no candidate reached 50%, this race is going into a runoff election, happening March 6.

In the race for Student Senate President, Naila Din came out on top, receiving 50.96% of the votes to Chloe Webster’s 49.04%, 20.42% of total voters abstained.

In the highly contentious race for Student Body President and Vice President, Issac Carreno and Anil Gordon won, receiving 51.43% of the votes to Taquan Dewberry and Adam Womble’s 48.56%, with 4.49% of total voters abstaining.

This article will be updated with candidate interviews and additional information, check back for updates.