Essig, Cook in runoff for ASUSU president

By Jessica May

March 17, 2004 | Weeks of planning and strategizing have finally started to slow down for many student body office candidates, as the primary elections closed at noon Wednesday. The results were posted in the midst of a large crowd of anxious candidates and supporters at 1:30 in the International Lounge of the Taggert Student Center. The outcome is as follows, with names in red indicating the top two vote-getters who face a Friday runoff:

President
Les Essig 1,476
Josh Cook 534
Brigham Rupp 426
Mike Robins 327
Scott Paul 114

Academic VP
Heidi Evans 1,063
Mark Brough 921
Brett Olsen 676

Student Advocate VP
Alyssa "Al" Lambert 735
Matt Ethington 608
Josh Wood 517
Amir Malek 513
David Ackerman 461

Activities VP
Nick Robbins 977
Kathy Leslie 940
Bethany Youngs 790

Arts & Lectures VP
Brittany Duke 1,047
Maren Farnsworth 965
Katie Diaz 567

Campus Diversity VP
Gabe Carter 1,038
Panu T. Puikkonen 923
Tom Robins 795

Extension VP
Rebecca Menlove 720
Brett Thomas 712
Chris Silva 659
Michael Sparks 412

Organizations & Traditions VP
Nic Gordon 694
Anna Nelson 892
Laurel Evans 712

Service VP
Sheldon Browning 1,104
Brandon Manikowski 706
Paul Schmidt 562

Agriculture Senator
Chad Warnick 75
Travis White 55
Shallie Ehlers 49

Business Senator
Bryce Smith 152
Joe Barnard 107
Mike Montgomery 82
Chad Taylor 56
Dustin Thomas 39

Engineering Senator
Jason Pickup 174
Halee Hunter 141
Brett Gardner 103
James Withy 51

Athletics VP
Chris Sadowski
Jimi Jorgensen
Tyler Olsen -- withdrew for personal reasons. Olsen said that while he loved his experience working as the 2003 Athletics VP, he will be getting married in July and has decided to direct his attention toward employment and pursuing his MBA.

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