Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidate Daniel Byrd speaks during a USG election forum in the UConn Student Union in Storrs, Connecticut on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2016. (Allen Lang/The Daily Campus)
Daniel Byrd and Irma Valverde were elected president and vice president of the Undergraduate Student Government with 38 percent of the vote in the 2016 spring elections.
The pair defeated Stephanie Sponzo and Haddiyyah Ali, who finished in second, and Eliza Conrad and Joy Sgobbo, who finished in third.
Results in the race for undergraduate student trustee are being withheld because of a dispute surrounding the campaigns’ financial filings. A winner is expected to be announced before the end of Saturday.
Students also voted overwhelmingly to approve USG’s new proposed constitution.
Turnout for the spring elections was historically low despite featuring a contested presidential race at the top of the ticket. It is the first time in at least the last seven years a contested presidential race had fewer than 3,000 total votes cast.
President/Vice President
Byrd/Valverde – 1,043 votes (38 percent)
Sponzo/Ali – 863 votes (32 percent)
Conrad/Sgobbo – 800 votes (29 percent)
Write-in – 27 votes (1 percent)
Comptroller
Rishita Jani – 1,295 votes (58 percent)
Sarthak (Sam) Shah – 899 votes (40 percent)
Write-in – 44 votes (2 percent)
Multicultural and Diversity Senators (2)
Fahima Dirir – 1445 votes
Vanessa Villar – 1410 votes
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Write-in – 56 votes
ACES Senators (3)
Soledad Castellano – 149 votes
Benjamin Murray – 137 votes
Sushanth Kockonda – 104 votes
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Write-in – 4 votes
Agriculture Senator (1)
Write-in – 1 vote
Business Senator (3)
Francesca Caruso: 148 votes
Sarah Curtis – 125 votes
Austin Langer – 117 votes
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Erik Jansson – 78 votes
Write-in – 10 votes
CAHNR Senator (2)
Christian Allyn – 173 votes
Write-in – 7 votes
CLAS Senators (8)
Lauren Oldziej – 514 votes
Sydney Carr – 491 votes
George Wang – 490 votes
Ama Appiah – 464 votes
Kristin Von Ohlsen – 463 votes
Richa Jain – 423 votes
Michael Lanza – 397 votes
Michael Laporte – 384 votes
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Carli Riccio – 383 votes
Vinaya Rajahraman – 370 votes
Timothy Sullivan – 316 votes
Neal Shah – 308 votes
Education Senator (1)
Write-in – 3 votes
Engineering Senators (4)
Myles Gibbs – 229 votes
Soumya Kundu – 220 votes
Leena Chacrone – 184 votes
Jacob Kowalski – 181 votes
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John Wilson – 106 votes
Fine Arts Senator (1)
Write-in – 26 votes
Nursing Senator (1)
Write-in – 17 votes
Pharmacy Senator (1)
Write-in – 18 votes
USG Constitution Approval
Yes – 1,959 votes (88 percent)
No – 267 votes (12 percent)