After a long-fought election season, John Woodard and Taylor Parks were inaugurated as Student Government’s president and vice president Wednesday afternoon in front of the University’s Memorial Tower.

Woodard, the 91st SG president, said he is excited about addressing students’ concerns during his time in office.

“I hope to help rebuild SG and continuing the job that Taylor and Carrie did this year,” Woodard said in an interview afterward.

Woodard said he hopes to gain students’ trust during his term as well as to highlight the achievements of previous SG presidents.

The inauguration of Woodard and Parks comes following a series of problems that occurred during this year’s election season.

On March 13, it was announced that Woodard and Parks won the election by more than 1,000 votes. However, their Unite LSU ticket was disqualified for alleged overspending by the SG election board.

Unite LSU filed an appeal with the SG University Court regarding whether the election board had the right to disqualify the ticket from the election.

On March 16, UCourt upheld the disqualification, stating the election board did have the right to disqualify the ticket.

However, on March 17, UCourt heard a complaint filed by Kristina Lagasse against the election board that said the board incorrectly re-evaluated Unite LSU’s financial documents.

UCourt ruled in Unite LSU’s favor, but it then called for a second election.

After a second SG election, it was announced on March 26 that Woodard and Parks had won, once again, by more than 1,000 votes.