by Ashleigh Sanchez
Daily Lobo
The Link slate took all the open seats in this semester's ASUNM Senate election Wednesday.
There were 10 students on the slate and 10 open Senate seats. Twelve candidates ran in the election.
The new Senators are Molly Maguire-Marshall, Zoe Riebli, Marcus Armijo, Abdullah Feroze, Ana-Alicia Romero, Joseph Dworak and Monika Roberts.
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Incumbents Joe Sanchez, Jenny Ding and Christina Lovato were re-elected.
The online election drew 573 voters.
Candidates Jason Archer and Javier Manriquez weren't on the slate, and lost the race.
Manriquez said he didn't expect to win because the Link slate did a lot of campaigning.
"They had so many people out there chalking," he said. "It's hard to compete with that."
Ding said she organized the Link slate and selected students with a broad range of interests.
"Half of the slate has extensive experience with ASUNM, and the other half is very committed, passionate freshmen and sophomores," she said. "We have someone who's pre-law, someone who is bio-chem, so there is a lot of diversity."
Ding said she wants to increase senators' office hours and hold monthly town-hall meetings to get student input.
She also said she wants to increase scholarships for minority students and educate the student body about different cultures.
"I think it's important to bring outside cultures into UNM," Ding said.
Sanchez said the experience of campaigning was more enjoyable this semester than in the past.
"Last semester, candidates were hanging over students," he said. "We backed off, and that didn't happen this year. I liked it."
Sanchez said he wants to continue the Senate's work to renovate Johnson Field.
He said he would work to get safer equipment for bike riders.
"We have a lot of bikers here, and a lot of bikes get stolen," Sanchez said. "I'd like to get better locks and also put in bike lockers."
ASUNM election results
Candidate votes
Zoe Riebli 344
Monika Roberts 335
Molly Maguire-Marshall 331
Christina Lovato 330
Jenny Ding 324
Ana-Alicia Romero 316
Joe Sanchez 306
Marcus Armijo 299
Joseph Dworak 270
Abdullah Feroze 259
Javier Manriquez 145
Jason Archer 131
