2008 Woodie Awards
BRIGHT executive candidates win runoff election
Ryan Boetel and Adam Ziegler
Issue date: 3/12/08 Section: News
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The noise came from a group of Kappa Delta women who had heard their sorority sister, Emily Zimmer of the BRIGHT Party, will be the next student government president of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Zimmer, a junior political science major, and Trevor Nieveen, a junior Spanish major, received 1,068 votes compared to Ignite Party executives' 604 votes in Tuesday's runoff election to determine the next president and internal vice president of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska.
A runoff was used to decide who won the campaign because during ASUN's March 5 election, the BRIGHT Party was unable to capture the 10 percent margin of victory needed to take office.
The BRIGHT Party sent Katie Madsen, its external vice presidential candidate, and 51 senate candidates into office last week. Zimmer said the help of those candidates helped her win the election.
"I chose BRIGHT because I want to serve students," said Kat Farris, a junior animal science major and a senator for BRIGHT who was elected last week. "I wanted Trevor and Emily in. My job wasn't over."
Farris said she campaigned on behalf of Zimmer and Nieveen for more than 5 hours Tuesday.
Curtis Wray, a chemistry graduate student and chair of the electoral commission, said 7.8 percent of UNL students voted in the runoff and 62 percent of the 1,674 students who voted Tuesday chose the BRIGHT Party executives. These results are unofficial, Wray said, and Ignite has until noon Thursday to file for a recount.
"I have a feeling the student body of UNL is going to have a very good year," C.J. Zimmer, Emily's mother, said after hearing the results of the runoff.
"This is really super and overwhelming," Zimmer said after hearing the results and hugging members of the BRIGHT Party. "There has never been anything I've been apart of that I am more proud of than this team."
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C.L.
posted 3/12/08 @ 2:17 AM CST
It's interesting how support for Ignite dropped off drastically within the span of a few days, allowing Bright to win.
This could be in part because of the spam e-mail sent out on behalf of Ignite to a large portion of UNL students a couple of nights ago. (Continued…)
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