News of victory was posted early this morning for 48 candidates in the Student Association Senate election which drew nearly twice as many voters than last year’s.

A total of 1,264 valid ballots were cast over the two-day election period compared to the 679 votes cast during last year’s election. SA Vice President Cam Davis said the total amount of votes from the first day of the election surpassed the total amount of votes from the 1986 election.

Davis also said the election results, which were posted at approximately 1:30 a.m., were delayed because of an unprecedented number of write-in votes and a high voter turnout.

The 16 newly-elected senators for District No.1 (on-campus) are Melissa Lipscomb, Brad Drew, Regina Hudson, Jana Stringfellow, Julie Genz, Anne Rapp, Leslie Anderson, Michael Cassman, Tony Roberts, Thomas Gary, Lisa Gunn, Antoinette Titre, Becky Doetsch, Julie Gleason, Dave Broustis and Cynthia Miller.

Melissa Lipscomb, who received the highest amount of votes from District No.1, said she was thrilled by her victory. “Students need to be treated more fairly and receive better representation on the budget,” she said.

SA Elections Commissioner Doug Moore said the results from District No.2 (off-campus) were overwhelming. “The greeks ran 21 candidates. All won by hundreds of votes.”

“They (greeks) were really organized. They knew what they wanted to do and had people come out and do it,” Moore said.

The senators who will represent District No.2 are Chris Hoagland, Tom Zur, Joseph Annunzio, Joe Casas, Sean Treacy, Brent Allen, David Hochberg, Karyn Hopkins, Paula Graunke, Patricia Brockman, David Ready, Dave Stern, Diana Turowski, Jacqueline York, Brian Kean, Melinda Hoeft, John P. Mee, Connie Timeon, Matthew Kouzes, Anthony F. Carlos, Jeffrey A. Jakush, Rob Perry, Kevin Hunter, Pam Kelly, Craig Slupski, Mike Blattner, Leann Rossi, Michael Goldstein, Linda M. Anderson, Alexis Michael, David Emerick and Rene Lilly.

All senators are listed in descending order, based on the number of votes they received.

District No.2 senator Tom Zur said, “I’m very pleased with the turnout. It shows students want their concerns to be heard in the senate and I will work toward making the senate an effective organization in voicing student concerns.”

Senator Dave Stern, who also was elected from the off-campus district, said he plans to make sure the SA budget fairly allocates funds to all organizations on campus during his term.

District No.1 Senator Michael Cassman will propose plans to create an escort service for students traveling around DeKalb late at night. “I’m listening to people and I will bring forward issues as they come to me.”

Senator Julie Ganz, also elected from District No.1, said, “I hope I can get something done about the bugs and figure out smarter ways to spend money.”

Defeated District No.2 candidate Scott Pritikin said, “This was a good election and a nice, clean campaign.”

Moore said the two-district election system, which has only been utilized by the SA for two years, ran very well and does not plan to change it in the future.

The senators will begin their year-long terms with the first meeting of the senate Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Davis said attendance was not stressed enough last year but he plans to take regular roll calls to ensure that the senators “get business done.”

Senators also are required to be active on at least one of the 12 SA committees; however, “most senators are active on more than one committee,” Davis said.

Moore said the election will bring many new faces to the senate. Only four of the 32 off-campus senators have been re-elected, while all 16 of the on-campus senators will be serving for the first time.