LSU Student Government election results were announced Monday evening in the Huey P. Long ballroom, with Energize’s Joseph Liberto and Amelia Carman triumphing over Empower’s John Michael Sweat and Sydney Smith.
The results came after a nearly two-week delay stemming from confusion over the election code.
Vice President-elect Carman said, “It’s such a high, but we’re ready to get to work and start following up on our—”
“—initiatives,” President-elect Liberto finished. “This is a great feeling.”
Liberto and Carman received 2,582 votes, while competition Sweat and Smith received 1,944.
“We have an amazing team that got us to this point,” Carman said.
For the Energize ticket, 10 candidates were elected to full seats and one to a half seat in the LSU Student Senate, and 13 won election to college councils.
“We’d still be at step one if it weren’t for our team,” Liberto said.
Sweat expressed that despite being disappointed in the election results, he was glad that so many of the Empower candidates were voted into SG.
“I’m glad that at least a lot of our vision got through,” he said.
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The Empower ticket saw 25 candidates elected to full seats and eight to half seats in the Senate, with 22 set to enter college councils.
“I’m really happy for all of our candidates, for sure,” Smith said. “That’s what I really wanted.”
As for the future, Sweat intends to continue working “in any other capacity to do what I said I would do.”
“I’m thankful to everyone who has helped us,” Smith said.
Elected candidates will be sworn into office on April 17 at 2 p.m. in the Holliday Forum, located in the Journalism Building.
