Winning candidates' names are in bold. Write-in candidates' names are asterisked. Election statistics are at the bottom of the page.

First Year Representative to Student Council

4 representatives

1. Mario Ademaj (821)
2. Maxwell John Love (451)
3. Sam Peters (444)
4. Jamie Bemis (397)
5. Natalie North (343)
6. Bryan Mette (220)
7. Jasmine A. Savoy (205)
8. Alexandra Perraud (201)
9. Superior Barnes (174)
10. Jacob Sindberg (138)
11. Joe Smith (131)
12. Evan A. Porter (124)
13. Rebecca Bratton (89)

Student Services Finance Committee

2 seats

1. Aliyya Terry (1197)
2. Coffey Zhang (1062)
3. Cindy Wang (957)
4. Jacob Sindberg (897)
5. Martin Uraga (883)
6. Andrea Nichols* (232)
7. Mario Ademaj* (22)
8. John Kaplan* (18)
9. Sam Peters* (14)

Voter Demographics

Turnout: 7.2% (3,041 voters)
9.2% of undergraduate students and 2.6% of graduate students voted

Clarification: The percentages below are the numbers of voters out of the total voter count. So "Sophomore: 568 (18.7%)" means 18.7% of voters were sophomores, not that 18.7% of sophomores voted.

Voters by Class

• Freshmen: 1132 (37.2%)
• Sophomore: 568 (18.7%)
• Junior: 473 (15.6%)
• Senior: 506 (16.6%)
• Graduate: 266 (8.7%)
• Other Graduate: 71 (2.3%)
• Special: 25 (0.8%)

Voters by School

• Agriculture and Life Science: 243 (8.0%)
• Business: 108 (3.7%)
• University Special: 24 (0.8%)
• Education: 168 (5.5%)
• Engineering: 440 (14.5%)
• Human Ecology: 45 (1.5%)
• IES: 5 (0.1%)
• Letters and Science: 1,872 (61.6%)
• Law: 43 (1.4%)
• Medicine: 28 (0.9%)
• Nursing: 39 (1.3%)
• Pharmacy: 16 (0.8%)
• Veterinary Medicine: 6 (0.2%)

Any questions about the management of the election should be sent to SEC Chair Noah Pearce. 

About the Elections

Every student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is eligible to vote for Student Council Representatives for their school or college as well as members of the Student Services Finance Committee (SSFC). Students interested in running for a position can contact the Chair of the Student Elections Commission, Katherine Tondrowski, for information on candidacy declaration forms.

Student Election Commission The Student Election Commission (SEC) is a subcommittee of the Student Judiciary that plans and executes the election. It is comprised of a Chair and Vice-Chair from the Student Judiciary and a number of hired commissioners who work on many different aspects of the election ranging from design & advertising to dorm outreach. The SEC welcomes any student interested in improving student voter turnout!

 Student Elections Commission Rules of Procedure.pdf (100.92 KB)

Fall Elections

• Freshman elections: In the fall, only students who are registered and classified as freshmen with the University Registrar are eligible to run for and vote for the four Freshman Student Council seats.
• SSFC elections: There are two to three openings for SSFC seats.

• Student Council elections: Each Spring, students from different colleges run to be elected to the ASM Student Council. Twenty-nine of the thirty-three council representatives are elected in the Spring: 1 business, 2 CALS/Veterinary Medicine, 2 Education, 2 Engineering, 5 Graduate, 2 School of Human Ecology/Pharmacy, 12 Letters and Sciences, 1 Law, 1 Medicine, 1 Special Student. Click here to meet your current Student Council representatives.
• SSFC elections: There are usually two to three openings on SSFC that are elected during the Spring.
• Senior Class Officer Positions: The Senior Class President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary are listed on the Spring ballot.

Contact the Student Election Commission Chair: Noah Pearce

Results from Past Elections
Spring 2008 Election Results
Fall 2007 Election Results
Spring 2007 Election Results
Fall 2006 Election Results