Courtney Lennartz Elected UPUA President
The students have spoken, and with 44% of the vote, Courtney Lennartz was elected UPUA President tonight.
Lennartz, along with running-mate Katelyn Mullen, were seen as the natural front runners from the start. Lennartz served as UPUA Vice-President for this past assembly, and although she had her flaws, the other two tickets were unable to throw her off her game during the two week campaign.
Lennartz ran on her experience, and adopted much of her platform from the one she ran on last year with outgoing President T.J. Bard. If the 3rd UPUA President Gavin Keirans taught us anything, it’s that it’s a huge benefit for president to have two years to accomplish their ideas. Although Courtney will differentiate herself from T.J. in many ways, she has already said that many of the goals she and T.J. were working towards this past year are still ongoing, and that she plans to finish many of them during her presidency.
The vote breakdown is as follows:
Courtney Lennartz/Katelyn Mullen: 3,157 votes (43.9%)
Maggie Quinn/Gina Fegahli: 2,714 votes (37.7%)
Evan Ponter/Ryan Kristobak: 1,324 votes (18.4%)
Total vote turnout was 7,344 students this year, up from 6,934 last year.
Other candidates who won positions in the 7th UPUA Assembly:
At-Large Representatives
Spencer Malloy 2,675
Ryan Brown 2,560
Justin Laskowski 2,519
Jonathan Paul 2,476
Elias Warren 2,346
Trey Werley 2,167
Anand Ganjam 1,682
Gwangseok Lee 1,343
On-Campus Representatives
Victoria Woods 1,312
Tom George 1,158
Taj Magruder 1,059 (Disqualified)
Dray Krishnan 1,021
Alex Angstadt 1,018
Kevin Cannon 67 (Write-in)
Laurel Petrulionis 30 (Write-in)
Kelsey Burton 27 (Write-in)
Off-Campus Representatives
Benjamin Forrest 1,237
David Harrington 1,185
Daniel Heitlinger 1,139
Anthony Christina 1,119
Kerven Moon 1,114
Andrew Austin Turner 1,084
Ryan Gerst 1,072
Curtis Houck 1,037
Hannah Kengid 1,001
Dutch Markward 975
Ryan Stephens 919
Michael Kramer 917
Ryan Naylor 913
Sika Abbey 693
Academic Colleges:
Agricultural Sciences
Jillian Gordon 264
Arts and Architecture
Jeffrey Holzer 124
Smeal College of Business
Rishi Mittal 703
College of Communications
Katie Ritchie 459
Division of Undergraduate Studies
Tyler Wentz 393
College of Education
Alyssa Bloom 190
Bradley Middleton 58
Stephen Payne 28
Earth and Mineral Sciences
Dan Tauriello 225
College of Engineering
Richard Pooler 557
College of Health and Human Development
No Candidate
College of Information Sciences and Technology
No Candidate
College of the Liberal Arts
Melissa McCleery 404
John Zang 330
School of Nursing
No Candidate
Schreyer Honors College
Katie Quinn 99 (Write-in)
Doug Dooling 44 (Write-in)
Eberly College of Science
No Candidate
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