On Friday, April 4, the Associated Students at the University of New Mexico Elections Commission named Andrew Norton the winner of the ASUNM presidential race over current Vice President Mutazz Jaber, certifying the results of March’s election.
“Thank you to everyone for voting! UNM showed out! Congratulations to all the winners! No matter what, we will all work together to ensure ASUNM and student voice is represented in the best way! A huge thank you to my opponent for being respectful, kind, and truly a friend. I cannot express the thankfulness for keeping this election friendly!” Norton wrote in a statement on his campaign’s Instagram account.
Norton won with 61.2% of the presidential votes. Out of the 16,108 undergraduate students enrolled this semester, 1,358 voted in the election, according to the ASUNM Elections Commission website.
“Congratulations to my friend Andrew Norton! I’m very excited to see all you do as ASUNM President next year!” Jaber wrote in a March 28 story post on his campaign Instagram account.
Among the election’s other winners are Finance Chair Hope Montoya, who ran unopposed on the ballot for vice president, and President Pro Tempore Gabbie Gonzáles, who maintains her senate seat after being voted president pro tempore by the Legislature earlier this semester.
Other senators who won reelection include Aizza Rehman, Dillon Williams and Taylor Hedrick. The new incoming senators are Owen Salinas, Daniyal Hussain, Reza Rizvi, Kaia Lewis, Jill Grandinetti and Kenny Carver.
ASUNM Elections Commission Executive Director Anthony Languit confirmed that no contests of the election were filed before the deadline of April 1.
Elliott Wood is a beat reporter and photographer for the Daily Lobo. They can be reached at news@dailylobo.com or on X @dailylobo
