2022 LSU Gumbo - Book - Page 151
The EVOLVE ticket, headed by presidential
candidate Lizzie Shaw and vice presidential candidate
Nick St. Mary, won the 2022 spring student-body
presidential election.
“I’m so excited to put into place the plans we’ve
dreaming for a year,” Shaw said.
The election brought in 7,196 votes.
Student Government hasn’t had a female president
since 2007, and only about 8% of past presidents have
been female, something Shaw said motivated her to
run.
The election results were announced Monday in the
Live Oak Lounge of the Union. They were originally
set to announce on Friday but the university’s closure
due to severe weather on Wednesday pushed the
election days back to Thursday and Friday.
SG candidates campaigned all last week, handing
out fliers, food and drinks to promote their campaigns.
The Inauguration date has yet to be announced.
Shaw, a political communication junior, announced
her campaign for student body president alongside
her running mate, St. Mary, a psychology junior, in an
Instagram post on Nov. 7. They were the first ticket to
announce their candidacy this election season.
Shaw said in the post that she and St. Mary believe
in “being a voice of the student body, not just for the
student body.”
“I wanted to run because I think that my leadership
skills align well with this position,” Shaw said. “I’m
used to the leadership style that being student body
president requires.”
Photos by Dylan Borel
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