2008 Woodie Awards
It's a runoff
SG candidates strategize for final campaign push
Haley Dreis
Staff Writer
Issue date: 2/20/08 Section: News
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SG senate members from 9 of the 13 districts were elected and all executive positions for president, vice president and treasurer will need to face off again in a runoff election because there was not an absolute majority.
Winners of the runoff are presidential candidates, Andrew Gaeckle and Alesha Brown, vice presidential candidates Meredith Ross and DeShawn Mitchell and treasurer candidates, Jonathan Antonio and Randy RaShà d Gaines.
The runoff election will take place Monday and Tuesday of next week for students to vote again on VIP.
Although no candidate received a victory, all of the wining candidates are excited about the results.
Gaeckle, a third-year international studies student, said he's pleased with the election results but feels there is more work to be done.
"It's been a nervous day but we're having a good time," Gaeckle said. "I'm excited where we are and we're going to go back to student organizations to keep getting the word out."
Alesha Brown, a third-year political science student, said she was excited to hear about the election results after facing a tense night.
She had just attended a hearing for her most recent campaign violation in which a member of her campaign staff passed around a sheet of paper during a class reminding students to vote.
Elections Commissioner Amanda Bynum, a second-year English student, said all charges were dropped.
"The commission chose to dismiss the case because they found that none of the candidate or candidates' campaign staff's action violated any codes or the solicitation policy," Byrum said.
Brown said she plans to continue campaigning hard through the runoff elections.
"We're gonna keep pushing," Brown said.
Celeste Nagy, a second-year pre-med anthropology student, will be voting in the runoffs and liked what she heard from Gaeckle over Brown's responses after attending the Greene Street debate.
"I'm turned off by Alesha Brown because when she spoke at the debate she was very polarizing and not thinking things through," Nagy said. "I believe in the 'one' university that Andrew [Gaeckle] talks about, plus he's a really friendly and personable guy."
Brown's campaign manager Carnarri Cofield, a third-year finance student, said Alesha Brown is running for one reason.
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Rashad Pendarvis
Rashad Pendarvis
posted 2/20/08 @ 2:32 AM EST
I was pleased with the election results....There is still work to be done. Gaines 08
Micheal Black
posted 2/20/08 @ 9:12 PM EST
It's funny how they take a quote from one of Andrew's supporters and not Alesha's. and she's probably his supporter anyway just like the loser David Ensor. (Continued…)
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