Although the New Mexico State Univeristy student government election polls closed Friday evening, the Associated Students of NMSU are still without a president.

The unofficial results of the election were released at about 6 p.m. Friday evening and revealed that candidates Travis Dulany, the presidential incumbent, and Kalyn Garcia, current ASNMSU College of Business senator, will continue their campaigns into a run-off election starting Wednesday at 9 a.m. and ending Friday at 6 p.m.

According to www.asnmsu.com, Garcia finished the election with 686 votes, trailing Dulaney’s 784 votes.

The vice-presidential elections will also continue into run-offs. Matt Ellis, College of Business senator, finished the preliminary election in front of Deborah Albo, College of Arts and Sciences senator, by 80 votes.

The run-off

ASNMSU hopefulls have spent the past few weeks campaigning for office.

Garcia said the run-off election will begin on Wednesday at 9 a.m. and conclude on Friday at 6 p.m.

Both presidential candidates have endorsed vice presidential candidates as well. Garcia said she and Albo met Sunday to discuss running together.

“We’ve been able to adjust to each other’s platforms,” Garcia said.

According to Dulany’s  Web site, Ellis is Dulany’s running mate.

Garcia said she is optimistic about the election, and her campaign has garnered more volunteers since she made the run-off.

“I think we’re going to get a lot of support,” Garcia said.

Garcia said one challenge she and fellow candidates face is getting students inspired to vote.

A swearing-in ceremony for the new ASNMSU president will be held  March 22, Garcia said.

As of Friday evening, senate seats were won in all colleges.

The voting process

Students were able to vote for ASNMSU candidates at www.asnmsu.edu. Those who voted will need to re-cast their votes in the run-off. (Photo illustration by Heather Lang)

The ASNMSU voting polls were open online, and voting was enabled starting Monday, March 8 at 9 a.m. and closed at 6 p.m. Friday. Students voted at the ASNMSU Web site by logging in using their MyNMSU user names and passwords.

According to reports at www.roundupnews.com, Dulany won the presidency in a run-off election last year. Figures reported in The Round Up last year show the total vote count for the ASNMSU presidency at 1,911. According to the unofficial results released by ANMSU, the total presidential vote count this year was 2100.

For more information about Garcia, visit her Web site; more information about Dulany is available on his Web site.

Elected ASNMSU Senators by College

• A&S SENATE:

Joseph Baldonado; Derrick Garcia; Adam Trejo; Courtney Laney

• ENGINEERING SENATE

Ahmed Alyousef; Tamar Sisneros

• HSS SENATE

Olivia Seppi

• GRADUATE SENATE

Imad Jaradat; Isaac Harder; Hank B. Strevel

• EDUCATION SENATE

Amanda McGrath

• ACES SENATE

Jett Sharp; James Austin Graham

• BUSINESS SENATE

David Maestas; Dongcao Wu

• CEL SENATE

Christopher Schoonover; Charles Tucker