Danielle Floyd will serve as the president of Student Government Board for the 2022-23 school year. She beat opponent Arjun Manjunath of the For You Panthers slate in Tuesday’s election with 59.09% of the vote — a margin of 687 votes.
Floyd, who ran as a member of the Dream slate, said she felt “very excited” and grateful after hearing the results announced Tuesday evening.
“I want to thank all the people who supported me throughout this whole campaign and had my back,” Floyd said.
A total of 3,779 students voted — about 16.3% of Pitt’s undergraduate student body. This is a decrease from last year’s turnout of 4,804 voters, or 20.5% of the student body.
Despite his loss, Manjunath said he is happy for his opponent.
“I’d like to congratulate Danielle Floyd, she worked so hard on her campaign,” Manjunath said, “I’m really proud of this and I’m happy to have done this campaign.”
Results were announced at SGB’s weekly public meeting in Nordy’s Place on Tuesday. Students were able to vote earlier in the day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Isabel Lam, another member of the Dream slate, received the most votes for board member. She received 1,424 votes, or 15.92% of voters. Lam said she is happy to be done campaigning.
“Sometimes you lose the light at the end of the tunnel,” Lam said. “But at the end, you show that your community is there. I’m so happy to begin the work that will occur next year and work with all these amazing individuals.”
Alison Linares Mendoza and Derek Dressler will join fellow Dream slate members Floyd and Lam on the board next year.
Sophia Shapiro, Celeste Lintz and Bhuvitha Chagantipati of the For You Panthers slate also won board seats, along with Daniel Temmallo of the Steel City slate and independent candidate Corbin Makar.
Makar will serve his first term as a board member next year. He said he is looking forward to the experience.
“I’m really excited to make it on the board,” Makar said. “[Campaigning as an independent candidate] was a lot of hard work, but it paid off in the end.”
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