Silence filled the office of the Associated Students of the University of Utah as 36 students heard Elevation and Impact declared as the winners of the primary elections.
Candidates from both winning parties remained stone-faced as they heard the numbers. Bill Edwards and Randall Lloyd from the Impact Party earned 1,030 votes, and 754 students voted for AnnMarie Allen and Colter Hammer of Elevation. This year’s primary election had 2,668 voters.
Despite the high voter turnout, the candidates did not crack a smile during the midnight reading of the results until Walker listed Karl Marx as a write-in candidate.
“The primaries are no indicator of what’s going to happen in the finals,” Edwards said. “We’re just happy to be in the finals.”
Allen said she was tired, but “excited” for the campaign ahead.
“It’s time to get to work,” she said. “I think 300 votes can be made up, we’re going to give it our all.”
Only five candidates for Student Senate and General Assembly did not make it through the primary elections. Andrew Chamberlain who ran for Senate from the College of Engineering, Russ Moody who ran for Senate from the College of Social and Behavioral Science, Jane Barrett and Paul Ellis who ran for Assembly from the Graduate School of Architecture and Layne Pedersen from Engineering will not be on the final ballots.
Many write-in candidates are also eligible to be on the final ballots if they file for candidacy at the ASUU office (Union Room 234) before 5 p.m. today.