With 52.6 percent of the votes, the New Deal took the win as the next Student Government Association administration.

“We were able to develop a grassroots approach that went through all parts of campus,” said Katie Barlow, president-elect for the New Deal. “We weren’t just at Tate. We were at North Campus, Brumby Hill, South Campus and other places.”

Cameron Secord, vice president-elect, associated the win with the message they promoted.

“Our message was different,” he said. “To my knowledge, in the past, there hasn’t been another group that wanted to allocate student fees.”

There were 7,306 student voters, which is 21 percent of the student body.

It was an all-time high for participation in elections since 1999.

The New Deal won by 352 votes, with 3,557 votes and the Remix Party with 3,205 votes.

As for the 544 remaining votes, some student voters did not vote for either party in the executive ticket but chose to vote for the referendum about the Office of Sustainability, said Ed Mirecki, associate director of Campus Life and SGA adviser. “We typically see this when there is a fee referendum on the ballot. Students who would never have voted in an SGA election, log on to vote on the referendum but skip the other parts. So given the different possible options, we see different totals in each contest,” Mirecki said.

The New Deal will begin Monday morning with “a clear cut plan of the stewardship of student fees,” said Barlow.

“We only own by 352 votes, but still need to win the over all of campus,” said Joe Chaudoin, treasurer-elect. “We can’t do it without student support.”

The New Deal will also discuss the judicial and transit policies, said Secord.

“We want hammer down the details so we know what needs to be done,” he said.

As for the Remix Party, Barlow thanked them for “a good campaign and helping both groups raise the votes up by 50 percent higher than before.”

The New Deal stated they will be appointing executive board members and applications will be due within the next week to the president elect.

The Remix Party believed they ran a successful campaign. “We worked; we put everything out there and were involved everywhere,” said Alfred Richardson, the party’s treasurer.

Though the executive ticket won’t be running next year – Brittany Cassell, vice presidential candidate and Richardson are graduating next year, and Thompson plans to study abroad – they will support and be active in SGA.

“We want to help anyone in office do the best they can for students,” said Laura Ann Thompson, presidential candidate for the Remix Party.

The party hopes the new administration puts student safety first.

“We want them to focus on a Safe Ride program,” said Richardson. “It will [ensure] students have a safe ride home and are protected.”

“We hope they do the best they can do and we’re excited for them,” said Thompson. “We had fun running against them.”

Joining the new administration this fall will be 36 senators. There were no candidates for the Law School, the Graduate School and Veterinary Medicine.That number is set to change due to run-off elections in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Science and the School of Social Work. The run off in Social Work is between Jaime Ayers and Nathaniel Thomas Hightower, and the run-off in the College of Ag will be between Andrew Heffernan and Elizabeth Mulkey. There will be a run-off in Grady College between David Koonin and Katie Dean Williams concerning who will receive the University Council seat.

According to SGA elections chair Mark Clifford, there will be voting on Wednesday and Thursday with campaigning through Thursday.

The referendum to charge a mandatory $3 fee for the Office of Sustainability was passed and will go into effect as early as Fall 2010.

The referendum passed with 4,698 votes out of 5,833. If the fee passes with the Mandatory Fees Committee, it will be reviewed by President Michael Adams and the Board of Regents.