Photos by Alex Edwards and Cady Herring
The Associated Student Body announced the results of the 2013-14 personality elections yesterday on the steps of the Lyceum. Senior exercise science major KayKay DeRossette was elected Miss Ole Miss, and run-offs for both Mr. Ole Miss and Homecoming Queen will be held Thursday. According to ASB Attorney General Rob Pillow, a total of 5,570 students voted Tuesday.
DeRossette defeated senior integrated marketing communications major Blair Jackson. Of the 5,388 total votes cast for Miss Ole Miss, DeRossette received 2,981 votes, or 55.32 percent, while Jackson received 2,363 votes, or 43.85 percent.
“I’m just really grateful to be able to represent this university as Miss Ole Miss, and I’m really grateful for everybody that helped me get here,” DeRossette said.
According to the ASB Constitution and Codes, run-offs occur when no candidate wins 50 percent of the total votes. Of the 5,471 total votes for Mr. Ole Miss, public policy leadership senior Rob Pyron garnered 1,933 votes, or 35.33 percent, while print journalism senior Houston Brock received 1,371 votes, or 25.05 percent, resulting in a run-off. Diego Garcia, Corbin Holtzman and Ruben Ruiz were eliminated from the election Tuesday and will not be on Thursday’s run-off ballot.
With 5,283 votes cast, the Homecoming Queen election also resulted in a run-off between Megan McBeth and Madison Coburn, both public policy leadership seniors. McBeth received 2,206 votes, or 41.75 percent, and Coburn received 1,696 votes, or 32.1 percent. Brittani Acuff was eliminated from the election Tuesday and will not be on Thursday’s run-off ballot.
The run-off election will be held tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The results will be announced tomorrow evening.
Freshman Chloe Sumrall, sophomore Jennifer Hicks, junior Anna Grey McCraw and senior Anna Beth Higginbotham were elected as class maids.
Coburn and McBeth were elected female campus favorites, along with Rachel Crim, Morgan Gregory and Camden Hastings. Tim Abram, Adam Blackwell, Jeremy Holliday, Matthew Keifer and Ruben Ruiz were named male campus favorites.
Pillow was pleased with the overall voter turnout and the way candidates ran their campaigns.
“We got a lot involved,” he said. “It was a very clean election. Everyone ran a great campaign and followed the rules very well.”
