The Students Leading Change (SLC) party, led by President Jack Bender, narrowly won the student government election last week, garnering about 58 percent of the votes; it controls the Assembly, though, by a much wider margin.
The party gained 33 representative seats compared to the 10 from the ONE party — three of which were unopposed — meaning just one SLC Assembly candidate was not elected, while 27 ONE candidates were not.
Four colleges — law, nursing, pharmacy and social work — had no candidates file for Assembly. The newly elected ASUU administration, to take office in May, will fill those seats through an application process.
The ONE party does, however, hold the majority in the Senate by a nine to eight margin, collecting six of those seats uncontested. The SLC party, which ran with 11 senators on the ticket, placed more proportionally, about 73 percent of their Senate candidates, compared to the ONE party’s 16 (or 56 percent).
“This year we had a great pool of legislative candidates running for Senate and Assembly positions,” said ASUU Elections Registrar Chase Lindsey. “I’ve had the privilege to meet nearly all of these incoming legislators, and I am truly excited to see what new ideas and perspectives they will bring to ASUU and the U overall.”
About 10 percent of the student body, or slightly more than 3,000 students, voted in the election — about one percent higher than the 2015 race.
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ASUU ASSEMBLY
Architecture and Planning
Rachel Sittler (ONE)
Business
Sierra Allen (SLC)
Isabella Bean (ONE)
Hans Harris (SLC)
Andy Ho (SLC)
Carli Johanson (SLC)
Abby Lydens (SLC)
Elizabeth Reiss (SLC)
Sara Shreeve (ONE)
Dentistry
Daniel Hoopes (SLC)
Education
No candidates
Engineering
Keeton Hodgson (SLC)
Grant Marantette (SLC)
Joseph Massey (SLC)
Miranda Newsome (SLC)
Justin Poteet (SLC)
Katherine Roberts (SLC)
Trevor Teerlink (SLC)
Dylan Wootton (SLC)
Fine Arts
Michael Behan (SLC)
Madeline Galindo (SLC)
Alexander Norton III (SLC)
Health
Sarah Burke (ONE)
Colby White (ONE)
Humanities
Kylie English (SLC)
Katie Houser (SLC)
Lexie Northrup (ONE)
Chelsea Sather (ONE)
Law
No candidates
Medicine
Emily Yonemoto (ONE)
Mines and Earth Science
Otgonbayar Ochirbat (ONE)
Nursing
No candidates
Pharmacy
No candidates
Science
Steven Havlik (SLC)
Amy Loret (SLC)
Eric Reece (SLC)
Kevin Yang (SLC)
Social and Behavioral Science
Barbara Andrade (SLC)
Danika Li (SLC)
Alexis Matthews (SLC)
Madeline Rencher (SLC)
Zachary Schofield (SLC)
Social Work
No candidates
University College
Katie Garff (SLC)
Zach Grena (SLC)
Tyler Robinson (ONE)
YoungJae Shin (SLC)
Austin Somer (SLC)
ASUU SENATE
Architecture and Planning
Lauren Adams (ONE)
Business
Caroline (Ling) Li (ONE)
Dentistry
Madison Day (SLC)
Education
Ashley Wilcox (ONE)
Engineering
Aaron Kc Hsu (SLC)
Fine Arts
Zach Marquez (SLC)
Health
Skyler Walker (ONE)
Humanities
Rachel Petersen (SLC)
Law
Carley Herrick (ONE)
Medicine
Edwin Lin (ONE)
Mines and Earth Science
Carey Elliott (ONE)
Nursing
Jake Tschirhart (SLC)
Pharmacy
Anthony Minjarez (ONE)
Science
Mohan Sudabattula (SLC)
Social and Behavioral Science
Zoe Kozlowski (SLC)
Social Work
Kyndle Pardun (ONE)
University College
Connor Roach (SLC)