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Gray and Kerns win in round two
by Miranda Neubauer
Senior Writer
News | 4/8/08
Posted online at 3:34 AM EST on 4/8/08
In a close second round of elections, Director of Union Affairs Jason Gray '10 won the race for Student Union president with 49.86 percent of the vote last Tuesday. Gray defeated Deputy Treasurer Justin Kang '09 by 2.67 percentage points, according to information provided by elections commissioner Zachary Pyle '09.
"It was by far the dirtiest round of the elections I have seen," chief of elections for the first round Zachary Pyle '09 reported at the Senate meeting this Sunday, referring to the entire first round.
Gray received 693 votes, 37 more than Kang, who received 47.19 percent of the vote. Forty-one voters abstained, representing 2.95 percent. Of 3,249 eligible voters, 1,390 students voted in the presidential race, a participation rate of 42.78 percent.
Gray had finished six votes shy of winning the presidential race with 49.64 percent of the vote in the first round, in which candidates who receive more than 50 percent of the vote win the election in a "mandate." But Kang, who received 39.78 percent of the vote in round one, made the second round much tighter.
Village Quad Senator Michael Kerns '09 won the race for vice president over Finance Board member Jordan Rothman '09 with 47.66 percent of the vote, coming out to 671 votes. Rothman received 592 votes, 42.05 percent of the vote. In the race, 145 voters, or 10.3 percent, abstained.
The new F-Board members elected last Tuesday are Senator for the Class of 2009 Yuki Hasegawa, Julian Olidort '11 and Chief of Staff in the Office of the Treasurer Jahfree Duncan '09. Current F-Board member Emily Moignard '09 was reelected.
"I'm excited; I'm proud; I'm thankful for everyone who showed so much support and was there for me and was there for what we can do with the Student Union and the ways in which we can transform the University," Gray said. "It was a good race, a great campaign."
Among Gray's first tasks will be to help manage the transition between Union administrations and form the new executive board, he said.
"It was by far the dirtiest round of the elections I have seen," chief of elections for the first round Zachary Pyle '09 reported at the Senate meeting this Sunday, referring to the entire first round.
Gray received 693 votes, 37 more than Kang, who received 47.19 percent of the vote. Forty-one voters abstained, representing 2.95 percent. Of 3,249 eligible voters, 1,390 students voted in the presidential race, a participation rate of 42.78 percent.
Gray had finished six votes shy of winning the presidential race with 49.64 percent of the vote in the first round, in which candidates who receive more than 50 percent of the vote win the election in a "mandate." But Kang, who received 39.78 percent of the vote in round one, made the second round much tighter.
Village Quad Senator Michael Kerns '09 won the race for vice president over Finance Board member Jordan Rothman '09 with 47.66 percent of the vote, coming out to 671 votes. Rothman received 592 votes, 42.05 percent of the vote. In the race, 145 voters, or 10.3 percent, abstained.
The new F-Board members elected last Tuesday are Senator for the Class of 2009 Yuki Hasegawa, Julian Olidort '11 and Chief of Staff in the Office of the Treasurer Jahfree Duncan '09. Current F-Board member Emily Moignard '09 was reelected.
"I'm excited; I'm proud; I'm thankful for everyone who showed so much support and was there for me and was there for what we can do with the Student Union and the ways in which we can transform the University," Gray said. "It was a good race, a great campaign."
Among Gray's first tasks will be to help manage the transition between Union administrations and form the new executive board, he said.
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