With the lowest voter turnout in Student Association history, students voted Preston Came to be the next president by more than a 3-1 margin.

Came took 959 of the 1,259 votes that were cast, giving his opponent, Kelly Marie McDonald, 273 votes. There were no invalid votes.

Came said we was not surprised at the high victory margin.

“I went to all the campus organizations, I asked for their support, and I received it,” he said.

Nor was he surprised about the low voter turnout.

“There has not been a lot of press coverage of this election in the last couple of weeks because of Spring Break being so close to it,” Came said.

He said he did not think the low turnout helped him win the elections, citing that the election was “reflective of how the campus felt about the presidential race.”

McDonald conceded her loss, saying that the people “made their choice.” But she said she would continue to fight for student issues.

“I won’t get out of everybody’s hair that easily,” she said.

In the other two unopposed positions, Vice Presidential Candidate John Quilico received 768 votes while Treasurer Candidate Joseph Kolerich received 688 votes.

“I am looking forward to making a difference,” Quilico said. “Next year is my last year, I would like to leave as an alumni knowing that the students are receiving their power and receiving what they deserve.”

Quilico also promised students an active executive board. “You saw lackluster campaign so to speak, but I think you are not going to see a lackluster (student) administration,” he said.

SA officials said students did not go to the polls for several reasons including sporadic weather, the low amount of candidates and an unexciting campaigning.

However, Came commended McDonald for running a clean, though unaggressive, campaign.

“There was no mudslinging. She did not say anything bad about me. I did not say anything bad about her,” Came said.

But Came did get upset about some last-minute bad press Thursday when his political science fraternity, Phi Sigma Zeta, said they threatened to impeach him for not showing up to meetings.

“There were a lot of people who thought that it was really yellow journalism,” Came said. “They thought it was inappropriate to write a front page story, top half of the fold, of mere speculation.”