It’s voting season here at LSU, and the debates have already begun. Five campaigns are running this election season, all eager to win and begin their initiatives.

“Moving forward, it’s going to be really implementing the constant outreach, it’s the consistency,” Gabreyela Gonzales, vice presidential candidate of the Hearts Campaign, says.

The presidential and vice presidential debate was held on Tuesday, March 19, where each campaign answered and rebutted questions in front of an open audience.

Each candidate explained what it means to be held accountable and how their campaign will push their initiatives

“I’d like to hope that whoever wins this election takes time to analyze and look through all the other agendas of the other tickets and find what they like,” Jack Miller Rooted Campaign Presidential Candidate says.

Initiatives from building a new Buc-ees to simply getting closer to student government members.

“Bellamia and I have been very clear from the very beginning,” said Darian Frazier, Presidential Candidate for the Together Campaign. “We want to have in-person interviews to meet every single person who’s getting involved and wants to get involved in student government.”

Like any election, there is a winner and a loser. Most of the candidates, they recognize this fact and will continue to strive for the betterment of the student body.

“Yeah, I think it all starts with being mature,” said Ben Barousee, Presidential Candidate for the Home Campaign. “We’re all college students. We’re all here for the same reasons; we want to make LSU a better place.”

For one campaign, it doesn’t mean as much.

“I really don’t care,” says Gerald Le, the Presidential Candidate for the Crawfish Campaign. “If we lose, we lose. So I don’t think there’s really any point in dwelling on the loss.”

Voting starts today, so if you’re an LSU student, you can go to Tigerlink and cast your vote.