By: Teresa Schuster / Staff Writer
The Elections Board at the Modesto Maidique Campus released this year’s Student Government Association election Senate results Tuesday, and presidential results Thursday.
Alexandra Valdes and Alexandra Ibarria of The Future Is You party will be students’ next SGA president and vice-president.
On the other hand, SGC-BBC will not have a president because no one signed up to run.
A full list of the newly elected senators and their positions can be found below.
As we reported recently, this year’s elections were riddled with misconduct. A total of 11 elections violation cases were decided, involving candidates, students, and current SGA officials. Some students questioned the validity of the election itself.
SGC-MMC elections commissioner Tatiana Arevalo said the results for president and vice-president would be announced Thursday since two of the candidates were in the midst of an appeals process.
Presidential and vice-presidential candidates Rose Ingraham and Molly Schantz of the Roar! party were both disqualified the night before elections began, with students being notified mid-election after many had already cast their votes.
Ingraham and Schantz remained on the ballot, and appealed the ruling, arguing the court failed to follow proper procedure. On April 16, their appeal was granted, with Elizabeth Bejar, senior vice president for academic and student affairs, writing the court did not have jurisdiction over the case.
Roar! graduate senator Angel Algarin was also disqualified but reinstated in the race. Newly elected senator Jourdan (Ha) Le was separately disqualified but is also appealing. Thursday’s updated senate results are below.
No one ran for an executive position at the Biscayne Bay Campus. Their two senate candidates won unopposed.
The two ballot referendums also passed, and will be added to the SGA’s constitution.
At MMC, 22 senators are from The Future Is You party, 11 are from the Roar! party, and three are independents.
The election results are as follows:
Modesto Maidique Campus
Graduate School:
Christian Perez – Roar!
Sandro Alvarez – n/a
Shahnawaz Rafi – The Future Is You
Angel Algarin – Roar!
Lower Division:
Giacomo Natteri – The Future Is You
Ivette Borges – The Future Is You
James Magee – Roar!
Sergio Reyes – The Future Is You
Senator At Large:
Ashley Nunez – Roar!
Julio Borges – The Future Is You
Rafael Vazquez – The Future Is You
Architecture and the Arts:
Carlos Ortiz – The Future Is You
Business:
David Torrens – The Future Is You
Karla Sofia Perez – Roar!
Kristina Khudiakova – The Future Is You
Nicholas Pastrana – The Future Is You
College of Arts, Science, and Education:
Amanda Ramierez – The Future Is You
Ari Salzman – The Future Is You
Bryan Gomez- The Future Is You
Damian Badia – The Future Is You
Isabela Llop – The Future Is You
Janelle Fraga – The Future Is You
Jordan Morejon Castelli – n/a
Salma Atassi – The Future Is You
Engineering and Computing:
Christhofer Lugo – n/a
Hiba Khalil – Roar!
Honors College:
Amelia Raudales – The Future Is You
Housing:
Allen Mendes – Roar!
Elisabeth Nylander – The Future Is You
International and Public Affairs:
Cristina Vale – The Future Is You
Jourdan (Ha) Le – Roar!
Ryan Rodriguez – Roar!
Nursing and Health Sciences:
Jocelyn Correa – Roar!
Marilyn Gonzalez – The Future Is You
Sophonie Rosier – Roar!
Public Health and Social Work:
Brianna Pumariega – The Future Is You
Biscayne Bay Campus
At Large:
Melissa Hernandez-Bautista – n/a
Health Services Administration:
Diamond Barnett – n/a
SGA elections were held online on April 7 and 8.
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