Athens Advocacy, Build Together split top executive positions

Written By Izzy Keller
Graphic by Sarah Donaldson.

Graphic by Sarah Donaldson.

In the first contested Student Senate election since the 2017-2018 school year, the Athens Advocacy and Build Together tickets split the top executive positions. 

Athens Advocacy had candidates running in four elections and received the most votes in three of those elections. Build Together had candidates running in six elections and received the most votes in four of those elections. 

Eliza Ivan of Athens Advocacy won the election to be the next president of Student Senate by seven votes. Ivan received 384 votes total, while Maxeen Ramlo, Build Together’s presidential candidate, received 377 votes.

Elaina Tartal of Athens Advocacy won the election to become the next vice president of the Senate with 408 total votes. Richard Danylo, an independent endorsed by Build Together, received 252 votes. Brogan Speraw, an independent, received 108 votes. 

Simar Kalkat of Build Together won the election for treasurer with 312 votes. Emily Ertle, Athens Advocacy's treasurer candidate, received 280 votes. Independent Sarah Packard received 179 votes.

In the at-large senator election, Athens Advocacy’s Celine Freetage and Build Together’s Molly Pennington, Chandler Jent and Tyce Patt received the most votes to fill the four elected representative positions. 

Liz Behage of Build Together, Sam Carryer, Jent, Speraw, Patt, Danylo and Ivan all received enough votes to become elected Student Appropriations Commission (SAC) representatives. 

Freetage and Noah Kilger of Build Together were elected as off-campus senators. Deika Ahmed of Build Together and Jent were both elected as residential senators. Kiger was elected as senator for the Center for International Studies.

In the elections for different Ohio University colleges: 

  • Russ College of Engineering: Richard Danylo

  • College of Arts and Sciences: Andrew Cornelison

  • College of Business: Tyce Albert Patt

  • Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education: Mallor Lovell

  • Honors Tutorial College: Haley Janoski

The Panel has voted to allow candidates to choose which positions they wish to take in the cases where a candidate was elected to more than one seat. 

Izzy Keller

Izzy Keller is the 2022-2023 written and digital managing editor of The New Political. She is a senior majoring in journalism and minoring in political science at Ohio U. She had previous bylines with The Sandusky Register and Ideastream.

Izzy is never not in the newsroom, she brings the newsroom wherever she goes. Follow her on Twitter at @imkelle13 or send her an email ik926119@ohio.edu.

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