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Election results name Bedard, Shah new Senate president, VP
Greg Gentile
Issue date: 2/27/09 Section: News
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Six weeks earlier, the campaigning began between two qualified teams armed with Student Senate experience. Unofficially, Bedard and Shaw defeated Chairman Maxwell Adpoju and Chairwoman Amanda Clarke 812 to 630 votes. All of the election results are unofficial until the senate votes on the outcome in two weeks.
One thousand, five hundred and four students came out to vote in this semester's election. Earlier this week Campus Affairs Chair and head of the Elections Committee Amanda LaRocca's said her goal was 1,500. The past years have roughly stayed around 1,000 according to LaRocca.
"The turnout was just absolutely amazing," Senator Jon Aronoff said.
LaRocca believed the candidates were the reason so many came out to the polls. She also heard feedback that the newly added "I Voted" stickers helped spread the word.
The new president Bedard said he was very excited and pleased about the turnout from the student body and his victory.
"I want to thank everyone that came out and voted for Vidhi and I," Bedard said. "And thanks to Max and Amanda who were great opponents."
Chairman of Cultural Affairs Adepoju and Chairwoman of SOARC ran on the platform of wanting more campus programming, trying to take on the issue of the Narragansett orange sticker ordinance, and obtaining a more accessible campus.
Now President Bedard and Vice President Shaw will leave their positions as vice president and treasurer, respectively. During the campaign their platform was continuing work on the Narragansett sticker issue, advocating for multicultural and Greek students, and transitioning new club sports teams.
