Williams, Foster elected student body president and vice-president

Students Alex Williams and Jordan Foster pose for a quick photo following the announcement of their win in the Student Government elections for student body president and vice-president. (Jake McLernon)

Student Goverment announced Wednesday that students Alex Williams and Jordan Foster won the election for student body president and vice-president for the 2012-13 academic year with a margin of over 200 votes. 

With 933 votes, Williams and Foster beat out students Liam Hennelly and Mohammad Ahmed’s 674 votes and write-in ticket Gabriel Levine and Ellie Shahin’s 110 votes.

"It is a very difficult thing to put yourself out there," said Williams, a government and international politics major, in his acceptance speech in the Johnson Center. "I look forward to working with you and everyone else here, for the betterment of the student body."

Foster, also a government and international politics major, thanked the student body "for putting the student back in Student Government," a phrase used as a slogan in their campaign.

"It's a really positive experience to see so many people so invested in something," said Williams in an interview with C2M after the announcement.

Williams and Foster said they look forward to working with students to move programs such as SafeRide and proposed diversity roundtables forward.

"Put us to work," said Foster.  "Don't be afraid to come talk to us."

Williams and Foster will take over for current SG president and vice-president Ally Bowers and Jacky Yoo in May.

Also announced were the winners of the 30 vacant Student Senates seats.  Thirty-two students competed for those positions.  Originally 33 were in the running, but Matt Crush asked to be removed from the ballot, leaving just 32, according to Melissa Masone, assistant director for Student Government.

Three write-in candidates received votes but didn't earn seats.

View the full results.

The 30 Student Senators for the 2012/2013 academic year are as follows:

Philip Abbruscato

Cameron Burnette

Robert Chaiet

Kristina Colorado

Mike De Robbio

Evan Del Duke

Nick Guerin

Carolyn Horton

Chelsea Howard

Kevin Jackson

Sage Janulis

Jacqueline Jaskiewicz

Nupur Khullar

Tommy Lee

Ernestine Lloyd

Samantha Miller

Mark Murphy

Andrew Nichols

David Noyes

Morgan Paugh

Mario Prada

Joseph Quarcoo

Veronica Ramos-Coreas

Randy Salter

Matthew Short

Joseph Taylor

Khadeja Tipu

Jason Von Kundra

Dilan Wickrema

Melita Wongus

Video of the announcements is available on Connect2Mason's YouTube page. A quick interview with Williams and Foster following the announcement is posted below.

Footage of Williams and Foster following the announcement