The votes have been counted for the 2024-2025 Associated Students of the University of Portland (ASUP) election.
Aidan Sanchez will serve as president with Stephanie Vasquez as vice president with 57.48% of the vote, defeating Laya Duguid and Kainalu Gomera's 42.25%. This is the first time since 2018 that the positions were contested.
Ronit Chopra was re-elected as director of finance with 94.83% of the vote and Sophia Olea VanCamp was elected as director of communications with 97.08%. Both ran unopposed.
Christopher Dobbins was elected as Campus Program Board (CPB) director with 93.77% of the vote and ran unopposed.
There was a 7.92% rise in voter turnout this year with 25.82% of the student body, 755 students, voting in this election. In the years prior, there was a 14.2%, 20.8% and 18.8% turnout in 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Below is the list of elected senators:
Sophomore Class: Paris Tran, Faith Crane
Junior Class: Shane Ruyle, Mason Dinsmore
Senior Class: Ben Carey-DiGregorio, Lawrence Ewald
College of Arts and Sciences: Allana Gladman, Liam Rogan
Pamplin School of Business: Rosana Gutierrez, Mae Cooke
School of Education: Haniel Morquecho
School of Nursing: Nmachukwu Ukaegbu, Nicole Cuevas
Shiley School of Engineering: Sarah Cayabyab, Anthony Lucero
Janea Melido is the News and Managing Editor for The Beacon. She can be reached at melido24@up.edu.
