Moncayo wins presidency
Lopez new VP of Finance; both referendums fail
• AS President: Juan Pablo Moncayo
• Vice President of Finance: Isaac Lopez
• College Senators
Agriculture: Kristen Avinelis
Arts & Humanities: Josh McDonald
Business: Chee Moua
Engineering: Kimberly Hudson
Health & Human Services: Kiran Grewal
Science & Math: Jacqueline Schnee
Social Science: Simon Haeder
• Senators At-Large (in order of most votes received)
1. Megan Jacobson
2. Matthew Ortiz
3. Esmeralda Santos
4. Tristan Bufete
5. Victor Leon
6. Aaron Stillmaker
7. Stephen Trembley
• Both referendums were voted down
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By Bradley Hart & Rebecca Martin
The Collegian
Current Associated Students Executive Vice President Juan Pablo Moncayo defeated two opponents to win the AS presidency according to election results announced Thursday night.
Moncayo won with 666 votes over the two other candidates, John Migliazzo and Brandon Stipe. Migliazzo received 520 votes and Stipe received 212 votes.
With a smile on his face, Moncayo fielded congratulations after hearing about his win. He said he is happy to be the next AS president.
“I am speechless, and I’m excited that this is happening. I’m very ready to do the work,” Moncayo said.
In the race for Vice President of Finance, Isaac Lopez defeated competitor and current financial committee chair Michael Karbassi with Lopez earning about 55 percent of the vote.
AS Advisor Nelson said the election results will not be official for 15 days, during which candidates can petition for a recount. Already there is a challenge in the Senator-At-Large race.
Andrew Riggs / The Collegian
Juan Pablo Moncayo received about 46 percent of the votes to defeat both of his opponents |
15 students were on the ballot for the Senator At-Large position. On Thursday night, final counts showed two of the candidates with a margin of two votes.
Alondra Flores, who received 388 votes and came in eighth, said she is petitioning for a recount of the At-Large ballots. The recount will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday.
Lopez also said he thought a recount will happen regarding his win.
Nelson said overall the election went well. He said he was impressed with the lack of mudslinging, particularly in the presidency race.
During the election, multiple candidates used the Internet to campaign.
Nelson said Internet campaigning was a big thing this year.
“It’ll be something we’ll have to think about and maybe put in the election codes,” Nelson said.
Nelson said last year had more campaign violations than this year.
Around 1,400 students voted in this year’s election. Nelson said he thought this year’s turnout is about the same as last year.
“It looks like the total is pretty similar from last year,” Nelson said.
In addition to voting for executive officers and senators, students were asked to decide on two referendums that would have increased student fees by $40 per semester if both had passed.
Students overwhelmingly rejected the first referendum, which would have increased fees by $30 per semester to fund campus technology improvements. The measure received 283 favorable votes and 1,071 opposing.
The second referendum would have increased fees by $10 per semester to help fund increased study abroad opportunities and other instructionally related activities.
Students rejected this initiative by a smaller margin, with 506 voting in favor and 845 voting to oppose it.
Provost Jeronima Echeverria, who was instrumental in preparing both referendums for the ballot, had previously said both proposals might be revised and resubmitted for student approval in the future if they were rejected at the polls.
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