More than 70 candidates filed for positions in the Student Association, Marvin Center Governing Board and Class Council elections, the Joint Elections Committee announced Friday.
Eight candidates declared bids for the top two SA spots this year, compared to last year’s crowded 12-person race for president and executive vice president.
Fewer undergraduates made bids for SA Senate seats this election season with 22 students vying for spots, down from 29 last year. JEC Chair Phil Gardner said the decline may be because of more stringent signature requirements on petitions for SA offices.
Candidates were required to collect 125 signatures for the U-At Large seats, 100 for the Colombian College of Arts and Sciences seats, 50 for the Elliott School of International Affairs seats and 50 for the School of Business seats – a change from signatures of 1 percent of constituents last year.
The number of graduate students running for SA Senate positions went from 10 candidates last year to 18 this year. Gardner said the JEC worked with the Center for Student Engagement to encourage election participation among graduate students.
All candidacies are unofficial until candidates’ petitions and academic and disciplinary records are verified by the JEC this weekend. Voting will take place Feb. 22 and 23.
The full list of candidates is below.
President – 1
John Bennett
Benjamin Pincus
Jeremy Iloulian
Will Thompson
Ashwin Narla
Executive Vice President – 1
Ben Leighton
Austin Brewster
Abby Bergren
Undergraduate At-Large – 2
Justin Pennish
Elizabeth Kennedy
Hugo Scheckter
Graduate At-Large – 2
Jacob Wilson
James Bonneau
Jake Chervinsky
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate senator – 6
Daniel Egel-Weiss
Markus Batchelor
Nick Gumas
Omeed Firouzi
Yusuf Yilmaz
Anthony Bucci
Ian Shetron
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences graduate senator – 1
Amanda Castroverde
Alicia Rose
Ross Rattanasena
William Castagna
Michael Morgan
Peter Starkey
Sabrina Chugani
Jonathan Kirk
Patrick Rizk
Ryan Counihan
Evan Kline
Tobey Wood
Gregory Viola
Kevin Curley
Shashwat Gautam
Sheldon Tomlinson
Omar Khan
Neil Forquer
Buddy Bernhard
Will Rone
Michael Amesquita
Elizabeth Barnes
Meredith Dempsey
Jay Yarbough
School of Medicine and Health Sciences undergraduate senator – 1
none
Robert Kickish
Jordan Werner
Alexander Mizenko
School of Nursing senator – 1
none
College of Professional Studies undergraduate senator – 1
none
College of Professional Studies graduate senator – 1
none
Lauren Shenfeld
Bogdan Trach
Jordan Hill
John Paul Koenigs
Uchenna Nwokike
Ian Ceccarelli
John Richardson
Galen Petruso
Gary Wong
Jason Weissler
Izack Nacheman
Brittany Lee Garcia
Aglaia Alexandrovna
Loren Chen
Kristin Kelleher
Dana Honor
Kayley Sullivan
Tessa Bay
Lee Seitz
Kirsten Fischl
Jacquelyn Cory
Nick Shah
Aamir Husain