By KAYLEA BROWN, Senior Reporter
Northwestern students elected a new Student Government Association secretary and a new treasurer during online voting Monday and Tuesday.
Cora Beth Taylor won the secretary’s race, and Tyler Blankenship won the treasurer’s race. The results were finalized after online voting concluded Tuesday at 5 p.m. Students voted via email.
The top two offices in the organization, president and vice president, were unopposed. Erika Hernandez will be the organization’s next president, and Austin Rankin will be the next vice president.
In the race for secretary, sophomore Taylor won 163 votes, and sophomore Draven Hidalgo won 123. Taylor said she could not have asked for a better person to run against.
“If I had a chance to tell him anything, I’d just want to tell him that I’m so proud of him,” Taylor said. “I’m so happy to have been through this opportunity with him.”
In Hidalgo’s opinion, the election was hard-fought, and the defeat will not stop him from being involved on campus, he said.
“I’m still planning on helping out with SGA … and fine arts,” he said. “I’m just planning on doing everything I can for the campus.”
In the race for treasurer, freshman Blankenship won 240 votes, and junior Collin Zink had 51.
Blankenship said he was excited to hear that he won, and he is also excited that he can now look forward to doing things on campus as a student body leader.
“I’m looking forward to being involved in numerous committees,” Blankenship said. “[I’m] also looking forward to making a study group more accessible.”
Blankenship’s opponent, Zink, said he plans to continue being involved on campus as the president of the Sanctus Catholic Club.
The Student Government Association meets at 6 p.m. every other Monday in the Senate Chambers on the second floor of the Student Center. Meetings are open to all students.
