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The student news site of Marquette University

Marquette Wire

The student news site of Marquette University

Marquette Wire

BREAKING NEWS: Banks, Stellpflug campaigns advance to MUSG general election

The MUSG presidential campaigns of Brock Banks and Sara Stellpflug have advanced to next week's general election, MUSG Elections Coordinator Catherine Spaulding announced Thursday.

The Marquette Student Government President/Executive Vice President campaign team of Banks, a College of Arts & Sciences junior, and Sara Soriano, a College of Arts & Sciences sophomore, garnered 45.5 percent of the MUSG spring primary vote, leading the next highest candidates by 15 percentage points.

Stellpflug, a College of Arts & Sciences junior, and Dan Guenther, a College of Business Administration junior, received the second highest amount of votes with 30.5 percent. The Banks/Soriano and Stellpflug/Guenther teams will advance to the MUSG general election, taking place next Wednesday.

Candidates Joe Stopulos, a College of Business Administration junior, and Teresa Kaczmarek, a College of Business Administration junior, received 17.7 percent of the vote, and Scott Seramur, a College of Business Administration sophomore, and Abe Matthew, a College of Arts & Sciences sophomore, picked up 5.6 percent.

There were 1,890 eligible votes cast in the election, 26.6 percent of the 7,107 eligible full-time undergraduate students. This figure marks a 2.7 percentage point decrease from the 2005 primary; there was no primary in spring 2006. Since 2002, voter turnout for spring primary elections has averaged 24.7 percent.

The positions of Residence Hall Association president and vice president were decided by Wednesday's vote, as both candidates ran uncontested. College of Arts & Sciences sophomores Amanda Mehr and Megan Janni were confirmed as RHA president and vice president, respectively.

Check out Tuesday's Tribune for more information on the candidates and their platforms.

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