2022 Student Association Elections Guide

By GW Hatchet Staff

March 28, 2022

Danielle Towers | Assistant Photo Editor

This year’s Student Association races mark the first in-person elections since the pandemic, but some of the normal campaign traditions haven’t quite bounced back.

The Hatchet’s

2022 SA Elections Guide

Here’s what you need to know for election day Tuesday and Wednesday as students vote for senate, presidential and vice presidential candidates.

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Candidates for President

There are two candidates running for SA’s top spot this year.

President

Christian Zidouemba

Senior

Zidouemba plans to work to ensure that GW’s new unlimited dining plan will offer international food options in its three all-you-can-eat dining halls.

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President

Dasia Bandy

Sophomore

Bandy was the first to run for SA president with a platform to ramp up inclusion initiatives and increase accessibility of technology and health resource.

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Candidates for Vice President

There are two candidates running for executive vice president this year.

Vice President

Alfredo Granados

Sophomore

Granados said he will work with the senate’s finance committee to advocate for a more equitable distribution of funds to student organizations.

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Vice President

Yan Xu

Sophomore

Xu said securing funding for student organizations has pushed him to continue his advocacy in the vice president role.

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Here’s what you need to know before SA election day

This year’s campaign season – the first one held in-person since 2019 – was marked by a record-low number of candidates and sparse campaigning efforts.

News

By Erika Filter and Tara Suter

Photo essay: This year’s low-profile SA campaign

Just two candidates showed up to the start of this year’s SA postering day, a kickoff event that used to be a literal race between campaigns.

News

By Grace Hromin

JEC worked to ramp up messaging, support in-person campaigning during election season

JEC chair Trip Johnson said he expects more than 5,000 students to vote inthe SA’s first in-person election season in three years.

News

By Henry Huvos

SA campaign teams strategize for first fully in-person campaign in three years

Several candidates broke from SA election season tradition, opting to run without a campaign staff to help rally votes in a quiet election.

News

By Ianne Salvosa and Nikki Ghaemi

Fact check: Assessing candidates’ policy ideas

Many of the candidates hope to expand the role of the SA, but a number of those plans are sparse on details for how they plan to achieve them.

News

By Isha Trivedi and Jared Gans

Getting to the Bottom of It: What you need to know about the 2022 Student Association elections

Host Sejal Govindarao speaks with student government editor Lauren Sforza on what to know for the upcoming Student Association elections.

Podcasts

By Sejal Govindarao

Hatchet Editorial Board Endorsements

The Hatchet’s editorial board – a group of opinion writers and staff members on Hatchet staff who are not affiliated with the news section – interviewed all presidential and executive vice president candidates about their platforms in March. Here’s who they decided to endorse for each position.

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