Kelly Savage, John Monteith and Grace Boyne celebrate following the announcement that Savage had won her race for attorney general. (Alex Edwards/The Daily Mississippian)
The Associated Student Body announced the results of the 2014-15 ASB executive branch election yesterday in front of the Student Union.
Jessica Brouckaert and Davis Rogers will compete in a runoff election for ASB president. Rogers finished Tuesday’s elections with 42.1 percent of the votes. Brouckaert had 29.88 percent and presidential candidate Channing Lansdell had 27.08 percent.
Each presidential candidate said they are appreciative for the support they have received during their campaigns. Rogers and Brouckaert said they are preparing for the runoff.
“I want to keep the enthusiasm going and work hard,” Brouckaert said. “We’re going to have to boost it up a little bit, probably improve social media. That’s definitely a key component in campaigns.”
In regard to his strategy for the run-off, Rogers said he and his team will pick up their ground game. “Just get the same support we had today. Just the same thing, but round two,” he said.
Lansdell said he believes he ran a good campaign and that he gave it his best shot.
“It’s pretty much the way the cards fall, and they didn’t fall our way tonight. No hard feelings with it on any side,” Lansdell said.
Sophomore journalism major Kelly Savage ran against sophomore journalism major Ryan Schmelz for attorney general. Savage finished the elections with 64.92 percent while Schmelz finished with 33.32 percent.
All candidates who ran unopposed were elected into office as well. Junior political science and business major Emerson George will be the new vice president; sophomore nursing and integrated marketing communications double major Heather Neilson will be secretary; junior accounting major Madison White will be treasurer; junior biochemistry major Jared Akers will be judicial chair.
The runoff election will be held Thursday, Feb. 20 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on MyOleMiss. The runoff election results will be announced Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in front of the Student Union.
