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Undergraduate Student Government (USG) president-elect Jim Francescon promises that one of his first actions when he takes office will be the creation of a USG website in an effort to make the actions of the Senate more transparent.

The Francescon-Diaz ticket defeated Dillon Doyle and running mate Megan Marshall 962-332.

“I’m so excited,” Francescon said after the results were announced last Wednesday. “We have so many great platform ideas and things we’re so excited to implement this year that are going benefit our undergraduate students in a positive way. We’re really excited to get going and we’re going to hit the ground running.”

Francescon and running mate Vice President-elect Felipe Diaz were elected in last week’s landslide race that recorded a margin of victory greater than in recent senate elections.

Despite Francescon and Diaz’s large margin of victory, only 29 percent of the student body voted, down by 5 percent from last year. This was blamed on a confusing online ballot with some students unable to cast their vote.

Nineteen other positions on the Senate were filled for class representatives and off-campus student representatives as well as representatives from various divisions in the undergraduate curriculum.

Despite the loss, Doyle said he and Marshall will remain active on campus next year.

The new Senate will be sworn in on May 20 and its first meeting will be on May 25 at 6 p.m. in the Driscoll Gallery. At that meeting, Francescon and Diaz will appoint a president pro tempore, committee chair positions, executive branch positions and members of the judicial branch to be confirmed by the senate.

 

Senate winners

• AHUM Senator. Nikki Deutsch with 71 votes.
• DCB Senator. Vanessa Torres Gangoo with 80 votes, Charlie Wondergem with 79 votes.
• HRTM Senator. Dario Ogaz with 19 votes.
• INTS Senator. Luke Niforatos with 34 votes.
• NSME Senator. Stuart Portman with 67 votes.
• Performing Arts Senator. Jeanne Ireland with 30 votes.
• SOCS Senator. Craig Kirokawa with 99 votes.
• Off-Campus Senators. Katie Bernell with 127 votes, Carrie Gamper with 50 votes.
• On-Campus Senators. Katherine Snow with 383 votes, Julia Godshaw with 207 votes.
• Sophomore Senators. Sam White with 176 votes, Jordan Loyd with 174 votes.
• Junior Senators. Milan Chatterjee with 106 votes, Caitlin Lorenz with 129 votes.
• Senior Senator. Kelly Walker with 159 votes, Mindy Stone with 99 votes.