ASUC Elections 2020

The ASUC Elections Council and Judicial Council held virtual meetings Monday and Wednesday, respectively, to certify election results for the 2020-21 academic year.

The 2020 ASUC elections had a marginally higher voter turnout than in 2019, despite the pandemic pushing the elections to take place entirely online. Although graduate student voter turnout increased by 487%, undergraduate voter turnout dropped by 17% compared to last year.

The student body passed a student fee for increased transportation options and graduate students voted in support of the Graduate Assembly separating from the ASUC with two referendums.

Next year’s executive offices will be filled by independent candidate Victoria Vera as president, current ASUC Senator Melvin Tangonan as executive vice president, current ASUC Senator Nicole Anyanwu as academic affairs vice president, current ASUC Senator Derek Imai as external affairs vice president and independent candidate Joyce Huchin as student advocate.

Independent candidates will dominate the ASUC Senate in the next academic year, as announced during the tabulation ceremony Friday. 38 candidates ran for ASUC Senate, including 10 candidates from Student Action, which won a majority of seats last year. Four candidates ran for transfer student representative, a new office in the ASUC.

The Daily Californian will continually update this page as results from the 2020 general elections come in. Here's who won seats in the ASUC.

ASUC Senate hopeful Lauren-Cecile Lizardo Galang dropped out of the race Saturday, two days before voting opened.

The ASUC Judicial Council unanimously overturned a decision by the ASUC Elections Council at its virtual meeting Saturday, granting party status to the Transfer Coalition in the 2020 election.

ASUC president hopeful Stephanie Gutierrez is running for the third time in hopes of putting the ASUC at the forefront of a revolution. Gutierrez is a history and American studies major who is also a national organizer and signatory for BAMN.

Vera said she saw how institutional gaps on campus affect different communities and realized she wanted to uplift those who were underrepresented.