John Haberstroh beat opponent Stephen Thomas in the race for Associated Students Inc. president by 216 votes in last week’s run-off election.
There were a total of 4,102 votes for president and Haberstroh won with 52.6 percent of the vote.
Haberstroh said that he was excited and ready to serve as president next semester.
“We’re just looking forward to serving the students next year, and we’ll be working over the summer to make sure we’re ready,” Haberstroh said.
Jonathon Bolin won the ASI vice presidency by 440 votes, beating opponent Diana Phan. He received 55.6 percent of the vote.
Phan said she still wants to be involved in ASI and that she might apply for any cabinet positions that are open.
“Just because I lost I’m not going to disappear from ASI,” Phan said. “I’m here, I’m still willing to help them.”
A total of 12 percent of students voted in the run-off elections in comparison to the 14.5 percent in the first election cycle in March.
The voter turnout in March set a new school record in Cal State Long Beach history.
“The vote almost beat the regular elections vote, so the students’ voices were definitely heard,” Bolin said.
Bolin said that he and Haberstroh want to be ready with plans for the students on the first day of school for the fall semester.
“We’ll be working all summer to have plans implemented on the first day of school,” Bolin said.
The last presidential run-off was in 2009 between Avis Atkins and Chris Chavez and the last vice presidential run-off was in 2008 with Chavez and Jason Aula.
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