Macalester
Recent MCSG Election Results
All Election results are Rank-Choice voting validated by the EPC and Registrar’s Office.
For the MCSG Executive Board Election we use ranked choice voting, during which candidates are eliminated round by round until one candidate has over 50% of the votes. When a voter’s first choice candidate is eliminated, their vote is allocated to their second or third choice as indicated on the ballot.
For the MCSG Issue-Based Officer Election we use ranked choice voting, during which candidates are eliminated round by round until one candidate has over 50% of the votes. When a voter’s first choice candidate is eliminated, their vote is allocated to their second or third choice as indicated on the ballot. For the Class Representative Election, the top five candidates with the maximum votes win.
2018-19 Executive Board Elections
| Candidate Name | Votes Received |
| Malik Mays ’19 | 511 (56.03%) |
| Andy Han ’19 | 308 (33.77%) |
| Jed Buchholz | 82 (8.99%) |
| Write-ins | 11 (1.21%) |
| Candidate Name | Votes Received |
| Blair Cha ’20 | 479 (54.49%) |
| Marco Hernandez ’19 | 390 (44.37%) |
| Write-ins | 10 (1.14%) |
| Candidate Name | Votes Received |
| Sahra Abdirahman ’21 | 488 (63.87%) |
| Andra Ecaterina-Boca | 264 (34.55%) |
| Write-ins | 12 (1.57%) |
Academic Affairs Committee Chair Election (835 votes):
| Candidate Name | Votes Received |
| Charles “Kofi” Ofosu ’19 | 655 (78.44%) |
| Matt O’Brien | 174 (20.84%) |
| Write-ins | 6 (0.72%) |
Financial Affairs Committee Chair Election (788 votes):
| Candidate Name | Votes Received |
| Taneeya Rele ’19 | 413 (52.41%) |
| Anela Galic | 223 (28.3%) |
| Dexter Deng | 145 (18.4%) |
| Write-ins | 7 (0.89%) |
Program Board Chair Election (788 votes):
| Candidate Name | Votes Received |
| Soniya Coutinho | 785 (98.25%) |
| Write-ins | 14 (1.75%) |
2017-18 Representative Committee Elections
Italics denote winners of class representative elections
2019 Class Representatives (129 votes)
| Candidate Name | Votes Received |
| Brian Yu | 97 (75.19%) |
| Kristijan Peev | 96 (74.42%) |
| Garrett Schoonover | 70 (54.26%) |
| Write-ins | 30 (23.23%) |
2020 Class Representatives (123 votes)
| Candidate(s) Name(s) | Votes Received |
| Natalie Luo & Kay Lee | 91 (73.98%) |
| Rosie Chittick & Jason Kohn | 67 (54.47%) |
| Kaarin Khandelwal | 58 (46.15%) |
| Camden Moser | 49 (39.84%) |
| Write-ins | 16 (13%) |
2021 Class Representatives (177 votes)
| Candidate Name | Votes Received |
| Blair Cha | 123 (69.5%) |
| Natalie Luo | 129 (72.9%) |
| Kendra Roedl | 104 (58.5%) |
| Amritha Subramaniam | 137 (77.4%) |
| Ikran Mursal (write-in) | 30 (16.9%) |
| Write-ins | 23 (13%) |
2022 Class Representatives (votes)
| Candidate Name | Votes Received |
| Write-ins |
2016-17 Officer Elections
Community Engagement Officer (401 Votes)
| Candidate Name | Votes Received |
| Rachel Stromsta ’19 and Meera Singh ’19 | 391 (97.5%) |
| Write-ins | 10 (2.5%) |
Diversity and Inclusion Officer (425 Votes)
| Candidate Name | Votes Received |
| Michael Khuth ’20 | 130 (30.6%) |
| Lutfe-E-Noor Rahman ’18 | 221 (52%) |
| Ximena Silva-Avila ’20 | 69 (16.2%) |
| Write-ins | 5 (1.2%) |
Sustainability Officer (346 Votes)
| Candidate Name | Final Round |
| Aubrey Arnt | 237 (68.5%) |
| Josh Upadhyay | 101 (29.19%) |
| Write-ins | 8 (2.31%) |
2018-2019 MCSG Office Staff
Chief of Staff: Katie Brown ’22
Secretary: Felicia Peterson ’22