Results for the Associated Students of the University of Portland (ASUP) vice president and freshman class senator elections were announced tonight at 4:30 p.m. There will be a runoff election between Tate Harris and Grace Batra for the position of vice president of ASUP.
The runoff election is taking place because neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote, Harris receiving 48.6% and Batra receiving 19.5%. Nearly a quarter of the student body, 24.7% or 860 students, voted.
According to ASUP president Sage Taylor, the runoff election will likely be from Tuesday, Oct. 6 to Thursday, Oct. 8 on Engage.
Nevaeh Bray and Miguel Navarro were elected ASUP Freshman class senators, receiving 24% and 20.5% of the vote respectively. 25.9% of the freshman class, 220 freshman, voted.
Nevaeh Bray and Miguel Navarro were elected ASUP Freshman class senators
Photos submitted by Miguel Navarro and Nevaeh Bray.
According to Junior class senator and ASUP Elections Committee member Connor Heffernan, ASUP is planning on hosting a debate between the two candidates for vice president.
Below is a list of what percent of the vote each candidate received:
Tate Harris, Vice President (48.6%)
Grace Batra, Vice President (19.5%)
Raphaelle LeBlanc, Vice President (14.5%)
Claire Deamer, Vice President (4.3%)
Victoria Bajanov, Vice President (4.2%)
Karen Kim, Vice President (3.6%)
Andrew Douille, Vice President (3%)
Benjamin Kaplan, Vice President (1.6%)
Nevaeh Bray, Freshman Class Senator (24%)
Miguel Navarro, Freshman Class Senator (20.5%)
Benny Bui, Freshman Class Senator (17.7%)
Maja Elliot, Freshman Class Senator (12.4%)
Erin McKibbin, Freshman Class Senator (8.1%)
Jamieson Miller, Freshman Class Senator (5.8%)
Austin Boyle, Freshman Class Senator (4%)
Annabelle Wilkinson, Freshman Class Senator (3.3%)
Isabella Persichetti, Freshman Class Senator (2.5%)
Kayla Durand, Freshman Class Senator (1.5%)
Austin De Dios contributed to this story. He can be reached at dedios22@up.edu.
William Seekamp is the Sports Editor for The Beacon. He can be reached at seekamp22@up.edu.
