Christopher Everett has been elected to serve as the 2023-2024 Student Body President, the UNC Board of Elections announced around 2:16 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Everett received 57.45 percent of the overall vote, defeating fellow certified candidate TJ Edwards and write-in candidate Theodore Nollert, who announced his intent to run last week.
"I just really want this win to be for everyone who's felt so unseen, undervalued and targeted by the institutions," Everett said. "I think that's that's what my win represents. I'm just so grateful and I'm honored to share this space with so many qualified other candidates."
He said he began his campaign for student body president with the goal of building a platform that represented the community. Everett said he is excited create a space for everyone at UNC.
Edwards received 461 (11.6 percent) votes, and Nollert received 1,581 (39.78 percent), totaling the amount of votes to 3,974. The are 31,117 eligible student voters which makes the turnout 12.77 percent. For last year's election, the voter turnout was 13.72 percent.
Other Races:
Residence Hall Association President
Tahliyah Smalls
Carolina Athletic Association President
Christian Phillips
Rising Senior Class President and Vice-President
Lauryn Lovett & Phil Vo
Referendum: Prohibit Viewpoint Discrimination in the Appropriation of Student Fees
Passed
Undergraduate Senate District 1:
Leonardo Bennett
Rachel Haugen
Samuel Hendrix
Macy Henson
Samantha Morinville
Kelly Nguyen Rcom
Taylor Nguyen
Ethelyn Ofei
Anusha Parepalli
Dean Pearce
A. Bryce Womble
14 seats remain vacant
Undergraduate Senate District 2:
Joseph Ellis
Andrew Gary
Yubin Kim
Gabriel Stanton
2 seats remain vacant
Undergraduate Senate District 3
Andrew Forbes
Robert “Tres” Guskiewicz
Sydney Jones
Maddux Vernon
Lucas Wilson
Undergraduate Senate District 4
Joshua Alexander
Corey Brandon
Damon Grim
Luke Manna
Jack McDermott
Vihit Nanduri
Troy Smith
Nicky Sodano
3 seats remain vacant
Undergraduate Senate District 5
Sophie Flynn
Lauren Langley
Ben Longo
Undergraduate Senate District 6
Saanvi Arora
Deniz Erdal
James Jessup
Christopher McClanahan
Vamsi Palukuri
Lydia Schneider
Atharva Vispute
1 seat remains vacant
Undergraduate Senate District 7
Sterline Adams
Callan Baruch
Ananya Jain
Katherine “Kate” Leonard
Undergraduate Senate District 8
2 seats remain vacant
Undergraduate Senate District 9
Maxwell “Max” Pollack
2 seats remain vacant
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